Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a lacquer maker can go next

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

Lacquer makers operate and maintain laquers and syntetic paints mixers and jar mills, making sure the end product is according to formula.

Also known as lacquer mixer, synthetic paint and varnish maker, lacquer maker (paint & varnish), maker of lacquer, synthetic paint & varnish maker.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 32 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: varnish maker, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
varnish maker 70% covered rubber products machine opera… 48% covered bleacher operator 38% covered plastic rolling machine opera… 37% covered nailing machine operator 37% covered lacquer maker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from lacquer maker, 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 lacquer maker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A lacquer maker needs 13 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
  • heat lacquer mixture handling and moving
  • operate jar mill working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • select lacquer ingredients handling and moving
  • measure chemical substance viscosity working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • add colour constructing
  • prepare chemical samples handling and moving
  • measure materials information skills
  • work safely with chemicals assisting and caring
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • set up the controller of a machine working with computers
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Lacquer maker 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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a lacquer maker’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.