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

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

Process metallurgists study the characteristics of ores including copper, nickel and iron ores and the performance of various metals and alloys.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: chemical metallurgist, 80%

chemical metallurgist 80% covered metallurgist 80% covered chemical tester 44% covered metallurgical technician 38% covered heat treatment furnace operat… 31% covered process metallurgist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from process metallurgist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a process metallurgist 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

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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process metallurgist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a process metallurgist 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.