Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a glass beveller can go next

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

Glass bevellers measure, cut, assemble and install flat glass and mirrors. They also load and unload glass, mirrors and equipment, drive to installation sites, install metal or wood frameworks that need to be fitted with glass, and work according to client specifications.

Also known as glass beveling machine operator, glass edger, glass beveller machine operator, glass hand-beveller, glass cutter, glass beveler, glass finisher, hand-beveller.

Craft and related trades workers 43 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: glass polisher, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
glass polisher 76% covered drawing kiln operator 39% covered blow moulding machine operator 39% covered plate glass installer 39% covered belt builder 38% covered glass beveller You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from glass beveller, 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 beveller 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 glass beveller 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
  • operate bevelling machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • rinse glass handling and moving
  • adjust glass sheets working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • feed mirror machine handling and moving
  • inspect glass sheet information skills
  • cut glass handling and moving
  • trim excess material handling and moving
  • manipulate glass handling and moving
  • measure materials information skills
  • monitor gauge constructing
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Glass beveller 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 glass beveller’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.