Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a gear machinist can go next

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

Gear machinists make precision parts for gears and other driving elements. They use a variety of machine tools.

Also known as mechanical gear machinist, gear change machinist, electrical gearing machinist, mechatronic gearing machinist, precision gearing machinist, precision gear machinist, mechanical gearing machinist, mechatronic gear machinist, auto change machinist, automotive gearing machinist, auto machinist, electrical gear machinist.

Craft and related trades workers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: precision mechanic, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
precision mechanic 66% covered nailing machine operator 45% covered stone driller 42% covered metalworking lathe operator 42% covered laser marking machine operator 42% covered gear machinist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from gear machinist, 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 gear machinist 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 gear machinist needs 11 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
  • secure working area assisting and caring
  • supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
  • remove processed workpiece handling and moving
  • types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • consult technical resources information skills
  • monitor automated machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • set up the controller of a machine working with computers
  • perform test run constructing
  • mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Gear machinist 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 gear machinist’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.