Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a glass forming machine operator can go next

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

Glass forming machine operators operate and maintain machines that press or blow molten glass in moulds to form or shape products, such as neons, bottles, jars and drinking glasses. They set up and adjust machines, and weigh, measure and check production samples to check conformity to the set specifications.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 40 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: glass annealer, 67%

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Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from glass forming machine operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a glass forming machine 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 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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glass forming machine operator 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a glass forming machine 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.