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Where a lathe and turning machine operator can go next

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

Lathe and turning machine operators set up, program and tend lathe and turning machines designed to cut excess metal from a metal workpiece using a hardened cutting tool moved by computer-controlled motors. They read lathe and turning machine blueprints and tooling instructions, perform regular machine maintenance, and make adjustments to the lathe controls, such as the depth of cuts and the rotation speed.

Also known as CNC brake drum operator, computer numerical controlled lathe and turning machine operator, turning machine operator, automatic spinning lathe setter, computer numerical controlled lathe and turning machine setter, CNC lathe setter, CNC lathe hand, turning machine tender, cnc lathe tender, CNC lathe tender, automatic spinning lathe operator, CNC turning machine tender.

Craft and related trades workers 61 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: straightening machine operator, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
straightening machine operator 79% covered spark erosion machine operator 79% covered riveter 76% covered oxy fuel burning machine oper… 74% covered thread rolling machine operat… 72% covered lathe and turning machine… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from lathe and turning 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 lathe and turning 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 lathe and turning machine operator needs 28 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
  • trigonometry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • CAM software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • geometry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances information skills
  • CADD software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • 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
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Lathe and turning machine operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 lathe and turning 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.