Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from milling machine operator. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a milling machine operator 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.