Where a riveter can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a riveter already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Riveters assemble several metal parts together by riveting guns, rivet set and hammers, or by operating a riveting machine that all perform the purpose of drilling holes on the rivet shank of the metal part and of inserting rivets, bolts, into these holes in order to fasten them together.
Also known as rivetting apprentice, rivet thrower, rivet machine operator, rivet sticker, rivet driver, rivet bucker, rivet catcher, rivet tosser, bull riveter, metal riveter, rivet tapper, rivetter.
Craft and related trades workers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: nailing machine operator, 71%
- 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 riveter needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- prepare pieces for joining handling and moving
- rivet types engineering, manufacturing and construction
- apply preliminary treatment to workpieces handling and moving
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- remove processed workpiece handling and moving
- types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
- ensure equipment availability management skills
- perform test run constructing
- troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity
- quality standards business, administration and law
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a riveter does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- grinding machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 24.3
- lathe and turning machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 24.3
- metal rolling mill operator 76% covered · difficulty 24.6
- milling machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 24.3
- water jet cutter operator 76% covered · difficulty 24.6
- screw machine operator 75% covered · difficulty 25.1
- stamping press operator 74% covered · difficulty 26.3
- spot welder 73% covered · difficulty 27
- oxy fuel burning machine operator 72% covered · difficulty 28
- hydraulic forging press worker 70% covered · difficulty 29.9
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Riveter 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 riveter’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.