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

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

Knitting machine operators set up, operate and monitor knitting machines. They work with specialised machinery, techniques and materials to process threads of yarn into knitted products such as clothing, carpets or rope. They maintain and repair knitting machinery and ensure operations run without problems.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 32 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: knitter, 79%

knitter 79% covered tufting operator 62% covered weaving machine operator 62% covered carpet handicraft worker 56% covered carpet weaver 56% covered knitting machine operator You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from knitting machine operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a knitting 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

Index

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knitting machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a knitting 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.