Career Overlap Occupation record
RecordJob

Where a hot foil operator can go next

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

Hot foil operators tend machines which apply a metallic foil on other materials using pressure cylinders and heating. They also mix colors, set up the appropriate machinery equipment and monitor printing.

Also known as hot stamp technician, foil printing machine technician, foil blocking specialist, hot foil machine technician, foil printing machine operator, foil stamp machine operator, foil press technician, hot foil machine specialist, foil press specialist, hot press specialist, hot foil stamping machine specialist, foil stamping technician.

Craft and related trades workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: paper embossing press operator, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
paper embossing press operator 67% covered laminating machine operator 56% covered screen printer 54% covered gravure press operator 54% covered offset printer 54% covered hot foil operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from hot foil operator, 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 hot foil operator 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 hot foil operator needs 14 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
  • adjust foil printing machine working with computers
  • operate foil printing machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • types of foil printing machines arts and humanities
  • replace die working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • follow safety precautions in printing assisting and caring
  • printing on large scale machines arts and humanities
  • printing techniques arts and humanities
  • follow production schedule management skills
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor automated machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

Look up another occupation

Hot foil operator 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 hot foil operator’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.