Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a precision mechanic can go next

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

Precision mechanics manufacture precision metal components for machines and assemble them into functional units. They also build electronic measuring and control components. Precision mechanics use milling, drilling, grinding and honing machines.

Craft and related trades workers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: gear machinist, 71%

gear machinist 71% covered industrial machinery assembler 56% covered pneumatic systems technician 52% covered agricultural machinery techni… 51% covered fluid power technician 51% covered precision mechanic You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from precision mechanic. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a precision mechanic already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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precision mechanic is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a precision mechanic already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.