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

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

Drilling machine operators set up, program and control drilling machines, designed to drill holes in workpieces using a computer-controlled, rotary-cutting, multipointed cutting tool, inserted into the workpiece axially. They read drilling machine blueprints and tooling instructions, perform regular machine maintenance, and make adjustments to the drilling controls, such as the depth of drills or the rotation speed.

Craft and related trades workers 54 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: milling machine operator, 79%

milling machine operator 79% covered lathe and turning machine ope… 78% covered grinding machine operator 75% covered engraving machine operator 74% covered laser cutting machine operator 72% covered drilling machine operator You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from drilling machine operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a drilling machine 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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drilling machine operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a drilling machine 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.