Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a paper cutter operator can go next

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

Paper cutter operators tend a machine that cuts paper to the desired size and shape. Paper cutters may also cut and perforate other materials that come in sheets, such as metal foil.

Also known as paper cutting machine operator, paper cutting machine specialist, shearer specialist, shearer technician, paper cutting machine technician, paper cutting machinist, die cutting machine technician, shearer operator, paper cutter specialist, paper cutter operative, die cutting machine operator, die cutting machine specialist.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 35 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: paper stationery machine operator, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
paper stationery machine oper… 80% covered laminating machine operator 69% covered nailing machine operator 63% covered print folding operator 60% covered corrugator operator 60% covered paper cutter operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from paper cutter 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 cutter 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 cutter operator 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
  • adjust paper cutter handling and moving
  • keep sheet records information skills
  • operate paper cutter working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • sizes of paper engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • cut page edges handling and moving
  • lift stacks of paper handling and moving
  • prevent paper jams management skills
  • adjust cut sizes handling and moving
  • types of paper engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • work safely with machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Paper cutter 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 cutter 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.