Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
RecordOccupation

Where a record press operator can go next

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

Record press operators tend a machine that presses vinyl with a negative impression of a master disc. As pressure is applied, the vinyl is forced into the grooves of the master disc and a playable record is obtained.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: nailing machine operator, 58%

nailing machine operator 58% covered optical disc moulding machine… 53% covered plastic rolling machine opera… 45% covered absorbent pad machine operator 43% covered laminating machine operator 43% covered record press operator You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from record press operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a record press operator 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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record press operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 record press operator 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.