Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a plastic products assembler can go next

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

Plastic products assemblers fit and fasten parts and finished plastic products according to strictly-defined procedures. Plastic products assemblers may also cut and shape plastic parts using hand, power, and machine tools.

Also known as plastic parts assembler, plastics process operator, plastic products production operative, assembler of plastic parts, plastic products assembly operator, plastics products fabricator, plastic products assembly operative, plastic products assembly worker, plastic products trimmer, plastic products trimmer/assembler, assembler of plastic products, plastic products finisher.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: metal products assembler, 44%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
metal products assembler 44% covered plastic furniture machine ope… 38% covered heat sealing machine operator 35% covered wood products assembler 35% covered slitter operator 32% covered plastic products assembler You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from plastic products assembler, 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 plastic products assembler 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 plastic products assembler needs 13 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
  • assemble plastic parts handling and moving
  • perform pre-assembly quality checks information skills
  • finish plastic products working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manipulate plastic working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • schedule regular machine maintenance management skills
  • types of plastic engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • set up machine controls working with computers
  • fasten components handling and moving
  • work safely with machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • ensure public safety and security assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Plastic products assembler 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 plastic products assembler’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.