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.
Also known as drill operator, metal cnc-press operator, drill operative, drill-press operative, plastic CNC press operative, metal drill-press operator, metal CNC press operator, tapper operator, drill press tender, plastic drill-press operator, automatic drilling technician, automatic reaming machine operator.
Craft and related trades workers 43 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: boring machine operator, 71%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A drill press operator needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- types of drill bits engineering, manufacturing and construction
- operate drill press working with machinery and specialised equipment
- 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
- supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- remove processed workpiece handling and moving
- operate precision measuring equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a drill press operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- grinding machine operator 75% covered · difficulty 28.2
- metal sawing machine operator 75% covered · difficulty 28.4
- metalworking lathe operator 73% covered · difficulty 30.5
- boring machine operator 72% covered · difficulty 30.7
- tool and die maker 69% covered · difficulty 34.9
- boilermaker 64% covered · difficulty 39.7
- tool grinder 36% covered · difficulty 64.2
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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.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a drill press 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.