Where a plasma cutting machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a plasma cutting machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Plasma cutting machine operators set up and operate plasma cutting machines designed to cut and shape excess material from a metal workpiece using a plasma torch at a temperature hot enough to melt and cut the metal by burning it and works at a speed that blows away the molten metal from the clear cut.
Also known as acetylene cutter, arc torch cutter, acetylene torch cutter, plasma burning torch operator, plasma torch machine operator, plasma burning torch technician, plasma cutter operator, arc cutter, plasma burning machine technician, plasma burning machine operator, plasma cutter operative, plasma torch machine operative.
Craft and related trades workers 44 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: oxy fuel burning machine operator, 80%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A plasma cutting machine 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.
- plasma torches natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- tend plasma cutting machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply cross-reference tools for product identification handling and moving
- dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- remove processed workpiece handling and moving
- types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
- operate precision measuring equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- consult technical resources information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a plasma cutting machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- milling machine operator 80% covered · difficulty 26.5
- engraving machine operator 77% covered · difficulty 29.5
- boring machine operator 75% covered · difficulty 30.6
- stamping press operator 73% covered · difficulty 33.8
- laser beam welder 72% covered · difficulty 34.6
- screw machine operator 72% covered · difficulty 35.6
- metalworking lathe operator 69% covered · difficulty 37.5
- drill press operator 69% covered · difficulty 37.8
- laser marking machine operator 66% covered · difficulty 40.3
- metal planer operator 61% covered · difficulty 44.8
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Plasma cutting machine operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a plasma cutting 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.