Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a refining machine operator can go next

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

Refining machine operators tend machines to refine crude oils, such as soybean oil, cottonseed oil, and peanut oil. They tend wash tanks to remove by-products and remove impurities with heat.

Also known as refining operator, refining machine operative, refining worker, refining machine worker.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 42 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: centrifuge operator, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
centrifuge operator 63% covered fruit-press operator 56% covered cocoa mill operator 55% covered candy machine operator 55% covered blender operator 53% covered refining machine operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from refining machine 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 refining machine operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A refining machine operator needs 23 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
  • tend centrifuge machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • wash oils working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • alkali stages of refining processes for edible oils engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • control flow of oils working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate centrifuges working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prepare engine room for operation working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • types of lubricants engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • origin of dietary fats and oils engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • monitor centrifugal separators working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • measure density of liquids working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Refining machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

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