Where a laser marking machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a laser marking machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Laser marking machine operators set up and tend laser marking or engraving machines designed to precisely carve a design in the surface of a metal workpiece by use of a moving controller and an engraving laser beam point attached to it that traces patterns on the metal workpiece's surface. They make adjustments to the machine in terms of laser beam intensity, direction and speed of movement. They also ensure the laser table, used to perform laser machine engravings on and guides the laser beam, is properly set up.
Also known as laser engraving mill technician, laser engraving mill operative, laser engraving drill technician, laser engraver mill operator, laser set up operative, laser marking operator, laser set up operator, laser engraving drill operative, laser engraving drill set-up technician, laser marking machine set-up operative, laser marking machine operative, CNC laser marking set-up technician.
Craft and related trades workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: nailing machine operator, 74%
- 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 laser marking machine operator needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- tend laser marking machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- ensure necessary ventilation in machining working with machinery and specialised equipment
- laser engraving methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
- laser types engineering, manufacturing and construction
- verify laser beam measurement working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply precision metalworking techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
- quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- remove processed workpiece handling and moving
- types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a laser marking machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- laser cutting machine operator 79% covered · difficulty 23.9
- engraving machine operator 75% covered · difficulty 28.8
- swaging machine operator 74% covered · difficulty 30.6
- ornamental metal worker 56% covered · difficulty 46.6
- gear machinist 42% covered · difficulty 60.4
- metal engraver 40% covered · difficulty 61.4
- metal additive manufacturing operator 17% covered · difficulty 79.2
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Laser marking machine operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 laser marking 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.