Where a cutting machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a cutting machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Cutting machine operators check leather, textiles, synthetic materials, dyes and footwear. They select areas of materials to be cut in terms of quality and stretch direction, take the decision of where and how to cut and programme and execute specific technology or machine. The equipment used for large surfaces of materials is frequently an automatic knife. Cutting machine operators position and handle leather or other materials. They adjust cutting machines, match footwear components and pieces, and check cut pieces against specifications and quality requirements.
Also known as leather goods machine operator, leather goods cutting technologist for linings and other materials, linings and other materials cutting operator, leather goods cutting attendant for linings and other materials, cutting machine tender, footwear machine tender, cutting operator, trimming machine operator, trimming machine tender, belts and handles cutting machine attendant, cutting operative, shoe cuting machine operator.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: leather goods stitching machine operator, 81%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- leather goods manual operator 73% covered · difficulty 21
- leather goods finishing operator 73% covered · difficulty 23.6
- leather goods stitching machine operator 81% covered · difficulty 18.6
- footwear hand sewer 66% covered · difficulty 31.6
- footwear finishing and packing operator 66% covered · difficulty 32.3
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A cutting machine operator needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- operate cutting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- use wire processing machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- cut footwear uppers handling and moving
- maintain footwear assembling equipment constructing
- replace sawing blade on machine handling and moving
- manual cutting processes for leather engineering, manufacturing and construction
- adjust cut sizes handling and moving
- apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
- leather goods manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a cutting machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Cutting machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a cutting machine operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.