Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as paint mixer operative, paint mixer worker, paint maker, paint mixer operator, paint production worker, paint production assistant, maker of paint.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from paint mixer, 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 paint mixer 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 paint mixer needs 17 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
  • tend paint mixer working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • add paint hardeners handling and moving
  • add paint thinners constructing
  • buff finished paintwork constructing
  • prepare paint ingredients handling and moving
  • check paint consistency information skills
  • inspect paint quality information skills
  • fill the mixing tank working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • lacquer paint applications engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • mix treating materials handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a paint mixer’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.