Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a metal products assembler can go next

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

Metal products assemblers fit and fasten metal materials according to strictly laid down procedures in order to produce various parts or final products using power tools, hand tools, and other machinery.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 42 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: fitter and turner, 71%

fitter and turner 71% covered marine fitter 54% covered plastic products assembler 49% covered metal furniture machine opera… 41% covered motor vehicle body assembler 40% covered metal products assembler You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from metal products assembler. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a metal products assembler already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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metal products assembler is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a metal products assembler already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.