Where a machine operator supervisor can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a machine operator supervisor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Machine operator supervisors coordinate and direct workers who set up and operate machines. They monitor the production process and the flow of materials, and they make sure that the products meet the requirements.
Also known as machine shop supervisor, machine and assembly supervisor, lead machinist, machine adjuster charge hand, machine setter team leader, machining department supervisor, machining and assembly supervisor, machining and assembly team leader, machine setter supervisor, manufacturing machine adjuster supervisor, leading machinist.
Technicians and associate professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: container equipment assembly supervisor, 75%
- 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 machine operator supervisor needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- communicate problems to senior colleagues communication, collaboration and creativity
- oversee production requirements management skills
- check material resources management skills
- report on production results information skills
- schedule regular machine maintenance management skills
- functionalities of machinery engineering, manufacturing and construction
- ensure finished product meet requirements management skills
- production processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- monitor machine operations information skills
- monitor manufacturing quality standards information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a machine operator supervisor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- machinery assembly supervisor 80% covered · difficulty 22.5
- wood assembly supervisor 80% covered · difficulty 22.5
- wood production supervisor 78% covered · difficulty 24
- industrial assembly supervisor 78% covered · difficulty 24.4
- container equipment assembly supervisor 77% covered · difficulty 25.4
- paper mill supervisor 73% covered · difficulty 29.4
- precision mechanics supervisor 70% covered · difficulty 32.2
- industrial maintenance supervisor 60% covered · difficulty 41.3
- production supervisor 49% covered · difficulty 51.3
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Machine operator supervisor is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 machine operator supervisor’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.