Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a product quality controller can go next

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

Product quality controllers check the quality of manufactured products. They work in manufacturing facilities where they perform basic inspection and evaluation of products before, during or after the production process. They track production problems and send inferior or malfunctioning items back for repair.

Craft and related trades workers 26 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: product quality inspector, 57%

product quality inspector 57% covered quality engineer 43% covered consumer goods inspector 37% covered motor vehicle assembly inspec… 36% covered product grader 36% covered product quality controller You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from product quality controller. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a product quality controller 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.

Index

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product quality controller is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 product quality controller 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.