Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a paint mixer can go next

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

Paint mixers operate and maintain machines that mix lacquers, solvents and paints in order to produce paint, making sure the end product is according to the specified formula.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: chemical mixer, 39%

chemical mixer 39% covered fertiliser mixer 34% covered marine painter 29% covered pesticide mixer 21% covered transport equipment painter 20% covered paint mixer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from paint mixer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a paint mixer 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 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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paint mixer is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 paint mixer 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.