Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a drill press operator can go next

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

Drill press operators set up and operate drill presses designed to cut excess material from or enlarge a hole in a fabricated workpiece using a hardened, rotary, multipointed cutting tool that inserts the drill into the workpiece axially.

Craft and related trades workers 43 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: boring machine operator, 71%

boring machine operator 71% covered plasma cutting machine operat… 69% covered oxy fuel burning machine oper… 68% covered metalworking lathe operator 66% covered nailing machine operator 65% covered drill press operator You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from drill press operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a drill press operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Index

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drill press operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a drill press operator already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.