Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a glass annealer can go next

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

Glass annealers operate electric or gas kilns used to strengthen the glass products by a heating-cooling process, making sure the temperature is set according to specifications. They inspect the glass products through the entire process to observe any flaws.

Also known as lehr kiln operative, lehr kiln operator, lehr operative, glass annealing kiln operative, glass annealing kiln worker, glass annealing oven worker, pot annealer, lehr tender, glass annealing kiln operator, lehr kiln tender, lehr operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 36 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: metal annealer, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
metal annealer 81% covered plastic rolling machine opera… 60% covered glass forming machine operator 57% covered drawing kiln operator 55% covered mineral crushing operator 51% covered glass annealer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from glass annealer, 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 glass annealer 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 glass annealer needs 17 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
  • position glass on trays handling and moving
  • restore trays working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • tend lehr working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • form bed for glass handling and moving
  • observe glass under heat information skills
  • adjust burner controls working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • feed mirror machine handling and moving
  • observe products' behaviour under processing conditions information skills
  • maintain furnace temperature working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • follow production schedule management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Glass annealer is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 a glass annealer’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.