Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a metal engraver can go next

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

Metal engravers make incisions of a design onto a metal surface by carving grooves into it, usually for decorative purposes, including metal weaponry. To cut the design into the surface they use tools such as gravers or burins.

Also known as engraving set up technician, engraving drilling operative, precious metal engraver, engraving drill technician, engraving set up operative, engraving drill operator, engraving mill technician, engraving set up operator, metal hand engraver, engraving set-up operator, engraving mill operator, hand metal engraver.

Craft and related trades workers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: printmaker, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
printmaker 65% covered jewellery engraver 64% covered glass engraver 58% covered stone engraver 44% covered laser marking machine operator 40% covered metal engraver You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from metal engraver, 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 metal engraver already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A metal engraver 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.

Required skill Area
  • ensure accurate engravings working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • determine quality of engraving information skills
  • position engraving equipment handling and moving
  • clean engraved areas handling and moving
  • operate engraving equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • engrave patterns working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • apply precision metalworking techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
  • remove processed workpiece handling and moving
  • types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a metal engraver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Metal engraver 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 metal engraver’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.