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Where a packaging production manager can go next

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

Packaging production managers define and analyse package units in order to avoid damages or loss of quality of the goods packed. They also design the packaging according the specifications of the product and offer solutions to solve packaging problems.

Also known as assistant operations manager, packaging consultant, trainee operations manager, graduate mail and packaging manager, packaging manager, trainee mail and packaging manager, graduate packaging manager, packaging development manager, packaging technologist, senior mail and packaging manager, assistant mail and packaging manager, packaging production engineer.

Professionals 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: food and beverage packaging technologist, 25%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from packaging production manager, 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 packaging production manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A packaging production manager 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

demonstrate proficiency in packaging standards handling and moving
identify innovative concepts in packaging communication, collaboration and creativity
packaging functions social sciences, journalism and information
promote sustainable packaging communication, collaboration and creativity
test package information skills
conduct evaluation of quality standards information skills
design package communication, collaboration and creativity
plan new packaging designs communication, collaboration and creativity
ensure quality control in packaging information skills
packaging 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 packaging production manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

weights and measures inspector 23% covered · difficulty 74.1

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Packaging production manager is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 packaging production manager’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.