Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a filing machine operator can go next

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

Filing machine operators set up and tend filing machines such as band files, reciprocating files and bench filing machines in order to smoothen metal, wood or plastic surfaces by precisely cutting and removing small amounts of excess material.

Also known as reciprocating filing machine setter, metal finishing machine operator, reciprocating file operator, filing room operative, wood filer, filing room operator, metal filing machine operative, stapling machine operator, metal finishing machine setter, band filing machine setter, wood filing machine operator, stapling machine operative.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 48 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: cylindrical grinder operator, 74%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
cylindrical grinder operator 74% covered tumbling machine operator 73% covered surface grinding machine oper… 71% covered metal polisher 71% covered metal nibbling operator 70% covered filing machine operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from filing 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 filing 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 filing machine 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.

Required skill Area
  • filing machine parts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • tend filing machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • type of file engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • smooth burred surfaces handling and moving
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
  • remove processed workpiece handling and moving
  • perform machine maintenance working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Filing machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

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