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

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

Forestry equipment operators carry out operations with specialised equipment in the forest to maintain, harvest, extract and forward wood for the manufacturing of consumer goods and industrial products.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 46 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: forestry machinery technician, 29%

forestry machinery technician 29% covered tree surgeon 23% covered forestry technician 21% covered timber trader 19% covered forester 18% covered forestry equipment operat… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from forestry equipment operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a forestry equipment 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 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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forestry equipment 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a forestry equipment 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.