Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a rubber goods assembler can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a rubber goods assembler already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Rubber goods assemblers manufacture rubber products such as water bottles, swim fins, and rubber gloves. They fasten ferrules, buckles, and straps to rubber goods, and also wrap fabric tape around closures and ferrules.

Also known as rubber goods production assembler, rubber goods production operative, rubber goods finishing operator, rubber products assembler, rubber goods finisher, rubber goods assembly worker.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 19 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: V-belt finisher, 26%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
V-belt finisher 26% covered V-belt coverer 23% covered rubber cutting machine tender 20% covered rubber goods assembler You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 3 nearest destinations from rubber goods assembler, 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 rubber goods assembler already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A rubber goods assembler needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • apply fabric tape handling and moving
  • brush rubber cement handling and moving
  • manipulate rubber products working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use tools for castings repair handling and moving
  • prepare rubber materials handling and moving
  • fasten rubber goods handling and moving
  • monitor machine operations information skills
  • use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
  • apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a rubber goods assembler does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Rubber goods assembler 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 rubber goods assembler’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.