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Where an engraving machine operator can go next

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

Engraving machine operators set up, programme, and tend engraving machines designed to precisely carve a design in the surface of a metal workpiece by a diamond stylus on the mechanical cutting machine that creates small, separate printing dots existing from cut cells. They read engraving machine blueprints and tooling instructions, perform regular machine maintenance, and make adjustments to the precise engraving controls, such as the depth of the incisions and the engraving speed.

Also known as engraving drill operator, computer numerical controlled etching machine operator, computer numerical controlled metal engraving machine operator, CNC metal engraving machine operator, CNC etching machine operator, computer numerical controlled engraving machine operator, cnc etching machine operator, drill technician, CNC engraving operator, cnc metal engraving machine operator, computer numerical controlled metal etching machine operator, CNC metal etching machine operator.

Craft and related trades workers 59 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: water jet cutter operator, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
plasma cutting machine operat… 77% covered metal sawing machine operator 76% covered laser marking machine operator 75% covered water jet cutter operator 80% covered spark erosion machine operator 73% covered engraving machine operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from engraving 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 an engraving 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

An engraving machine operator needs 29 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)
  • apply control process statistical methods information skills
  • use automatic programming working with computers
  • statistical process control natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • apply precision metalworking techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • program a CNC controller working with computers
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an engraving machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Engraving 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 an engraving 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.