Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a cylindrical grinder operator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a cylindrical grinder operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Cylindrical grinder operators set up and tend cylindrical grinding machines designed to apply abrasive processes in order to remove small amounts of excess material and smoothen metal workpieces by multiple abrasive grinding wheels with diamond teeth as a cutting device for very precise and light cuts, as the workpiece is fed past it and formed into a cylinder.

Also known as automatic grinder operative, plate grinder, blade grinder, bit grinder, rail grinder, bearing grinder, billet grinder, roll grinder, razor grinder, rolling grinder, air grinder, bench grinder.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 52 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: metal polisher, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
metal polisher 76% covered filing machine operator 76% covered deburring machine operator 76% covered tumbling machine operator 76% covered metal planer operator 73% covered cylindrical grinder opera… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cylindrical grinder operator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a cylindrical grinder operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A cylindrical grinder operator needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • cylindrical grinder parts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • tend cylindrical grinder working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate surface grinder working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor moving workpiece in a machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • smooth burred surfaces handling and moving
  • spot metal imperfections information skills
  • apply precision metalworking techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a cylindrical grinder operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Cylindrical grinder operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a cylindrical grinder 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.