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Where a metal furniture machine operator can go next

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

Metal furniture machine operators use machines and power tools to cut, shape and join metal pieces in order to produce metal furniture ranging from office furnishings to outdoors fittings. They use different types of metal such as aluminium, iron and stainless steel, and different types of processes such as metal forming and casting. They polish, apply protective layers and, in some cases, decorative finishes to the metal pieces. They assemble and join the elements to obtain the final product.

Also known as metal furniture assembly worker, metal furniture machine setter, metal furniture machine operative, metal furniture maker, metal furniture machine worker, metal furniture finisher, metal furniture assembly craftsman, metal furniture assembler, metal furniture assembly operative, metal furniture machine tender.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 36 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: wooden furniture machine operator, 60%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
wooden furniture machine oper… 60% covered nailing machine operator 58% covered metal planer operator 48% covered router operator 45% covered plastic furniture machine ope… 45% covered metal furniture machine o… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from metal furniture 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 metal furniture machine operator 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 furniture machine operator 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.

Required skill Area
  • maintain furniture machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate furniture machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • fabricate metal parts working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • heat metals handling and moving
  • assemble metal parts handling and moving
  • join metals constructing
  • metalworking engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • metal smoothing technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • cut metal products handling and moving
  • apply a protective layer constructing
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Metal furniture machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 metal furniture 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.