Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a drawing kiln operator can go next

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

Drawing kiln operators are responsible for continuous sheet flat glass production by manipulating the drawing kiln that processes molten glass.

Also known as drawing kiln worker, flat glass kiln operator, glass production operative, drawing kiln operative, glassmaker, glass kiln operator, drawing machine operative, drawing machine worker, glass operative.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 32 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: plastic rolling machine operator, 49%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
plastic rolling machine opera… 49% covered glass annealer 49% covered glass forming machine operator 46% covered glass beveller 40% covered fibre machine tender 39% covered drawing kiln operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from drawing kiln 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 drawing kiln operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A drawing kiln operator needs 15 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
  • light auxiliary gas jets working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain glass thickness working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • regulate gas-firing assisting and caring
  • tend drawing kiln working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • observe glass under heat information skills
  • adjust glass sheets working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • handle broken glass sheets handling and moving
  • write batch record documentation information skills
  • optimise production processes parameters communication, collaboration and creativity
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Drawing kiln 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 drawing kiln 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.