Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a fitter and turner can go next

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

Fitters and turners use machine tools to create and modify metal parts according to set specifications in order to fit components for machinery. They ensure the finished components are ready for assembly.

Also known as tool and die fitter, tool turner, machine tool turner, electrical turner, machine tool fitter, tool engineering fitter, tool and die turner, assembly line fitter, assembly line turner, tool engineering turner, tool fitter, engineering turner.

Craft and related trades workers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: marine fitter, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
marine fitter 63% covered metal products assembler 50% covered metal furniture machine opera… 30% covered motor vehicle body assembler 29% covered aircraft assembler 26% covered fitter and turner You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from fitter and turner, 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 fitter and turner already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A fitter and turner needs 12 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
  • operate metal fabricating machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • fabricate metal parts working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform metal work constructing
  • tend lathe working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate drill press working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manipulate metal handling and moving
  • metal forming technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • cut metal products handling and moving
  • measure parts of manufactured products information skills
  • types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a fitter and turner does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Fitter and turner 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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a fitter and turner’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.