Career Overlap Occupation record
RecordJob

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.

Also known as record press technician, record press specialist, record press machinist, record pressing machine technician, vinyl record press tender, vinyl record press operator, vinyl record machine operator, record pressing machine specialist, record press worker, vinyl record machine technician, vinyl record press specialist, record pressing machine operator.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from record press operator, each one a link to that move’s record. 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.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A record press operator needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • detect flaws in record information skills
  • operate record press working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • place record labels handling and moving
  • manipulate plastic working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate hydraulic machinery controls working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor automated machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • set up the controller of a machine working with computers
  • perform test run constructing
  • troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a record press operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

Look up another occupation

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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a record 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.