Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a router operator can go next

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

Router operators set up and operate multi-spindle routing machines, in order to hollow-out or cut various hard materials such as wood, composites, aluminium, steel, plastics; and others, such as foams. They are also able to read blueprints to determine cutting locations and specific sizes.

Also known as router setter, multi-spindle routing machine tender, router tender, cnc router operative, CNC router operative, cnc router tender, cnc router setter, CNC router operator, multi-spindle routing machine setter, multi-spindle routing machine operative, multi-spindle routing machine operator, multi-spindle routing machinist.

Craft and related trades workers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: slitter operator, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
slitter operator 73% covered edge bander operator 71% covered insulating tube winder 67% covered wood boring machine operator 58% covered nailing machine operator 56% covered router operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from router 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 router 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 router operator needs 13 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
  • operate router machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain router machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • ensure conformity to specifications assisting and caring
  • supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
  • check quality of raw materials information skills
  • remove processed workpiece handling and moving
  • ensure public safety and security assisting and caring
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor automated machines 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 router operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Router operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 router 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.