Where a laminating machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a laminating machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Laminating machine operators tend a machine that applies a plastic layer to paper to strenghten it and protect it from wetness and stains.
Also known as laminater, laminator operator, coating machine specialist, coter, papermaking laminate coating machine technician, laminating machine technician, laminator technician, paper making laminate coating machine operator, laminating machine specialist, laminator specialist, laminating assistant.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 29 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: print folding operator, 67%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A laminating machine operator 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.
- operate laminating machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- types of laminators arts and humanities
- produce samples handling and moving
- read job ticket instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
- types of paper engineering, manufacturing and construction
- work safely with machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- monitor automated machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- set up the controller of a machine working with computers
- wear appropriate protective gear assisting and caring
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a laminating machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- print folding operator 76% covered · difficulty 28
- envelope maker 73% covered · difficulty 31.3
- paper stationery machine operator 71% covered · difficulty 32.9
- bindery operator 69% covered · difficulty 34.2
- paper bag machine operator 69% covered · difficulty 34.8
- paper cutter operator 69% covered · difficulty 34.5
- corrugator operator 63% covered · difficulty 39.9
- pulp technician 62% covered · difficulty 41.7
- book-sewing machine operator 60% covered · difficulty 42.6
- paper machine operator 60% covered · difficulty 42.9
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Laminating machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a laminating machine 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.