Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as fabricator assembler, metal product fabricator, fabricator assembler metal products, metal fabrication apprentice, assembler, metal product assembler, production line worker, fabrication assembler metal products, fabrication assembler, assembly technician, fabricator assembly operative, structural fabrication operator.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from metal products assembler, 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 products assembler 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 products assembler needs 14 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
  • fix knife blades handling and moving
  • use metalworking tools handling and moving
  • perform pre-assembly quality checks information skills
  • assemble metal parts handling and moving
  • join metals constructing
  • metal joining technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manipulate metal handling and moving
  • fasten components handling and moving
  • types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • ensure public safety and security assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a metal products assembler’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.