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Where an optical disc moulding machine operator can go next

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

Optical disc moulding machine operators tend moulding machines that melts polycarbonate pellets and inject the plastic into a mould cavity. The plastic is then cooled and solidifies, bearing the marks that can be digitally read.

Also known as optical disc moulding machine tender, molding machine tender, optical disc moulding machine worker, optical disc moulding machine specialist, optical disc molding machine tender, optical disc moulding machine technician, optical molding machine operator, injection moulding machine tender, optical disc injection moulding machine technician, optical disc molding machine operator, optical disc moulding machine operative, optical disc injection moulding machine specialist.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: record press operator, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
record press operator 55% covered nailing machine operator 45% covered paper bag machine operator 40% covered absorbent pad machine operator 38% covered laminating machine operator 38% covered optical disc moulding mac… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from optical disc moulding 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 an optical disc moulding machine operator 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

An optical disc moulding machine operator needs 12 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
  • electroform working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • run test pressings information skills
  • place record labels handling and moving
  • tend injection moulding machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • coating substances engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • trim excess material handling and moving
  • manipulate plastic working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor automated machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • set up the controller of a machine working with computers
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Optical disc moulding machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 an optical disc moulding 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.