Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a injection moulding operator can go next

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

Injection moulding operators operate and monitor injection moulding machines, in order to cast products from thermoplastic materials. They regulate the temperature, pressure, and volume of plastic, according to pre-defined specifications. Injection moulding operators also remove finished products and cut-away excess material, using a knife or other hand tools.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 42 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: blow moulding machine operator, 82%

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