Where a punch press operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a punch press operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Punch press operators set up and tend punch presses designed to cut workpieces into their desired shape by propelling a hydraulic ram to punch holes into them with a single die set that pushes through the top dead centre, through the surface, and to the bottom dead centre of the workpiece.
Also known as punch machine operator, CNC punch operator, press brake operator, press punch inspector, plastic punch press operator, punch press brake operator, punchpress operator, press punch setter, press operative, punch press operative, punchpress worker, turret punch press operative.
Craft and related trades workers 50 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: metal sawing machine operator, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A punch press operator needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- tend punch press working with machinery and specialised equipment
- use automatic programming working with computers
- statistical process control natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
- program a CNC controller working with computers
- supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- use CAM software working with computers
- remove processed workpiece handling and moving
- manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a punch press operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- metal nibbling operator 74% covered · difficulty 32.7
- electron beam welder 73% covered · difficulty 32.5
- laser beam welder 73% covered · difficulty 32.5
- spark erosion machine operator 73% covered · difficulty 33.2
- oxy fuel burning machine operator 73% covered · difficulty 33.9
- plasma cutting machine operator 72% covered · difficulty 34.5
- boring machine operator 71% covered · difficulty 34.6
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Punch press operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a punch press operator’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.