Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a paper bag machine operator can go next

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

Paper bag machine operators tend a machine that takes in paper, folds it and glues it to produce paper bags of various sizes, shapes, and grades of strength.

Also known as paper bag machine specialist, paper bag constructing machine operator, paper bag machinist, paper bag machine technician, paper bag machine worker, paper bag manufacturing machine operator, paper bag making machine operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: laminating machine operator, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
laminating machine operator 69% covered paper cutter operator 64% covered paper stationery machine oper… 64% covered nailing machine operator 63% covered envelope maker 63% covered paper bag machine operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from paper bag machine operator, 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 paper bag machine operator 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 paper bag machine operator needs 14 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
  • adjust paper bag machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate paper bag machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • stack paper bags handling and moving
  • packaging processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • trim excess material handling and moving
  • monitor conveyor belt information skills
  • work safely with machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor automated machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • set up the controller of a machine working with computers
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a paper bag machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Paper bag machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 paper bag machine operator’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.