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Where a laser cutting machine operator can go next

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

Laser cutting machine operators set up, program and tend laser cutting machines, designed to cut, or rather burn off and melt, excess material from a metal workpiece by directing a computer-motion-controlled powerful laser beam through laser optics. They read laser cutting machine blueprints and tooling instructions, perform regular machine maintenance, and make adjustments to the milling controls, such as the intensity of the laser beam and its positioning.

Also known as laser set up operative, laser set up operator, CNC laser cutting machine tender, computer numerical controlled laser cutting machine setter, computer numerical controlled laser cutting machine operator, CNC metal cutting machine worker, laser drill operative, metal cutting machine worker, CNC metal cutting machine tender, computer numerical controlled laser cutting machine worker, cnc laser cutter, laser drill set-up inspector.

Craft and related trades workers 64 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: laser marking machine operator, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
laser marking machine operator 79% covered boring machine operator 78% covered oxy fuel burning machine oper… 78% covered straightening machine operator 76% covered spark erosion machine operator 76% covered laser cutting machine ope… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from laser cutting machine operator, 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 laser cutting machine operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A laser cutting machine operator needs 27 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
  • laser types engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • verify laser beam measurement working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • CAM software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances information skills
  • apply control process statistical methods information skills
  • use automatic programming working with computers
  • statistical process control natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a laser cutting machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Laser cutting machine operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 a laser cutting 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.