Where a product grader can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a product grader already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Product graders perform preventive and operational quality control on products and rescources. They inspect, grade and evaluate the materials at various stages to make sure it conforms to the desired standard, and send the product back for repair or improvement if necessary. They work in companies and industrial facilities to ensure the produced commodities achieve quality standards.
Craft and related trades workers 43 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: engineered wood board grader, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
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product grader is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a product grader 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.