Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a optical instrument assembler can go next

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

Optical instrument assemblers read blueprints and assembly drawings to assemble lenses and optical instruments, such as microscopes, telescopes, projection equipment, and medical diagnostic equipment. They process, grind, polish, and coat glass materials, centre lenses according to the optical axis, and cement them to the optical frame. They may test the instruments after assembly.

Craft and related trades workers 51 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: photographic equipment assembler, 78%

photographic equipment assemb… 78% covered optical instrument repairer 76% covered optical instrument production… 47% covered optomechanical engineering te… 44% covered photonics engineering technic… 42% covered optical instrument assemb… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from optical instrument assembler. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a optical instrument assembler 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

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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optical instrument assembler is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a optical instrument assembler 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.