Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as CNC drilling machine operator, drill punch operative, gang drill operator, drilling machine inspector, drilling mill operator, multiple-spindle vertical drilling mill set-up operator, drilling and broaching technician, drilling machine worker, computer numerical controlled drilling machine operator, drill set-up operative, foot drill operative, horizontal drilling milling machine set-up operator.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from drilling machine 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 drilling machine 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 drilling machine operator needs 20 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
  • CAM software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances information skills
  • CADD software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • operate drilling equipment handling and moving
  • statistical process control natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
  • CAE software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • use CAM software working with computers
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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.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a drilling machine 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.