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Where a pill maker operator can go next

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

Pill maker operators tend the pilling machine that create pills in various sizes and shapes. They also fill the machine with necessary materials, open valves to control the flow of the materials, and regulate the temperature of the machine.

Also known as pillmaker operator, piling machine operative, tablet making machine tender, tablet making machine operative, pill production operative, pill production process worker, tablet production operative, pill production worker, pill maker, tablet production process worker, tablet production operator, piling machine operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 23 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: hospital pharmacist, 19%

Fig. 2 · Career map 1 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hospital pharmacist 19% covered pill maker operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 1 nearest destinations from pill maker 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 pill maker operator already covers. All 1 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only one move is listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A pill maker operator needs 12 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
  • operate pill making machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prepare prescription labels handling and moving
  • manage medical supply chains management skills
  • maintain adequate medication storage conditions handling and moving
  • pharmacy law business, administration and law
  • pharmaceutical products health and welfare
  • control temperature information skills
  • personal protective equipment services
  • monitor valves information skills
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
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Pill maker 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 pill maker 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.