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Where a milling machine operator can go next

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

Milling machine operators set up, program and control milling machines, designed to cut excess material from metal workpieces using a computer-controlled rotary-cutting, milling cutter. They read milling machine blueprints and tooling instructions, perform regular machine maintenance, and make adjustments to the milling controls, such as the depth of cuts or the rotation speed.

Also known as cnc miller, numerical controlled milling machine technician, numerical controlled milling operator, vertical machining centre operator, milling machine set-up operator, cnc turner/setter, numerical control milling operative, CNC miller, cnc programmer/operator, CNC milling operative, horizontal machining operator, numerical controlled lathe operator.

Craft and related trades workers 60 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: plasma cutting machine operator, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
plasma cutting machine operat… 80% covered straightening machine operator 76% covered spark erosion machine operator 76% covered riveter 76% covered oxy fuel burning machine oper… 73% covered milling machine operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from milling 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 milling machine 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 milling machine operator needs 22 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
  • CAM software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances information skills
  • use automatic programming working with computers
  • statistical process control natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
  • use CAM software working with computers
  • remove processed workpiece handling and moving
  • manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Milling machine 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 milling 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.