Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a metalworking lathe operator can go next

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

Metalworking lathe operators set up and tend a metalworking lathe manually, which is responsible for cutting metal to its desired size and shape by usage of a gear train or a swapping gear that propels the main lead-screw at a variable speed ratio, thus rotating the metal workpiece on its axis, facilitating the cutting process. They check the lathe equipment for wear and handle the metal workpieces as they have been cut by the lathe.

Also known as spinning lathe operator, tool lathe, metal working lathe operator, tool lathe setter, metal spinning operator, brake drum operator, lathe scalper operator.

Craft and related trades workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: metal planer operator, 75%

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  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from metalworking lathe 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 metalworking lathe operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A metalworking lathe operator needs 19 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
  • set up lathe compound working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • position cross slide of a lathe handling and moving
  • types of lathe tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • lathe machine parts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • tend lathe working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor moving workpiece in a machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • perform product testing information skills
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Metalworking lathe operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 metalworking lathe 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.