Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a rubber technologist can go next

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

Rubber technologists develop compound formulations to respond to specific needs and attain the required in-rubber properties, starting from technical specifications and application demands. They have knowledge of physical and chemical characteristics of raw rubber material and the process to convert it into market products.

Also known as rubber technician, rubber material technologist, rubber technology scientist, rubber technology analyst, rubber technology expert.

Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: synthetic materials engineer, 50%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
synthetic materials engineer 50% covered material testing technician 29% covered chemical tester 29% covered materials engineer 24% covered veneer grader 21% covered rubber technologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from rubber technologist, 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 technologist 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 rubber technologist needs 25 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
  • develop green compounding solutions management skills
  • develop rubber compound formulas handling and moving
  • manage rubber products development management skills
  • propose alternative rubber compound ingredients communication, collaboration and creativity
  • polymer chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • rubber technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • synthetic materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • polymerisation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • use hand tools handling and moving
  • test materials information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Rubber technologist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 rubber technologist’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.