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Where a packing machinery engineer can go next

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

Packing machinery engineers are in charge of and responsible for packaging machinery. They maintain and improve technical standards, analyse results, set up improvement plans, and are responsible for machinery maintenance.

Also known as mechanical packaging engineer, packaging machinery engineer, machine packing inspector, packaging machine engineer, machine-packing engineering inspector, machine packing engineer, machine packaging supervisor, packing machinery engineering adviser, packing machinery engineering expert, packaging engineer, packing machinery inspector, packing machinery engineering specialist.

Professionals 40 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: fluid power engineer, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
fluid power engineer 79% covered agricultural equipment design… 71% covered tooling engineer 68% covered industrial tool design engine… 63% covered mechanical engineering techni… 56% covered packing machinery engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from packing machinery engineer, 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 packing machinery engineer 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 packing machinery engineer needs 21 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
  • plan new packaging designs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse packaging requirements information skills
  • packaging engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • types of packaging materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use computer-aided engineering systems working with computers
  • industrial engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • production processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • mechanical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • CAD software information and communication technologies (icts)
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a packing machinery engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Packing machinery engineer 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 packing machinery engineer’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.