Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an industrial production manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an industrial production manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Industrial production managers oversee the operations and the resources needed in industrial plants and manufacturing sites for a smooth running of the operations. They prepare the production schedule by combining the requirements of clients with the resources of the production plant. They organise the journey of incoming raw materials or semi finished products in the plant until a final product is delivered by coordinating inventories, warehouses, distribution, and support activities.

Also known as production manufacturing supervisor, production control supervisor, production line manager, industrial production supervisor, production manufacturing manager, industrial production and manufacturing manager, production control manager, area production manager.

Managers 35 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: chemical plant manager, 34%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
chemical plant manager 34% covered sewerage systems manager 33% covered water treatment plant manager 33% covered industrial assembly supervisor 33% covered metal production manager 33% covered industrial production man… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from industrial production manager, 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 an industrial production manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An industrial production manager needs 19 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
  • assess impact of industrial activities information skills
  • liaise with industrial professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • operations management business, administration and law
  • oversee assembly operations information skills
  • adjust production schedule management skills
  • create manufacturing guidelines management skills
  • cleaning industry health and safety measures services
  • manage resources management skills
  • define quality standards management skills
  • oversee production requirements management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an industrial production manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Industrial production manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 an industrial production manager’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.