Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a sawmill operator can go next

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

Sawmill operators work with automated lumber mill equipment which saws timber into rough lumber. They also handle various sawing machines which further process the lumber in various shapes and sizes. These processes are nowadays often computer controlled.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 47 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: nailing machine operator, 76%

nailing machine operator 76% covered planer thicknesser operator 71% covered veneer slicer operator 68% covered wood boring machine operator 64% covered wood pallet maker 63% covered sawmill operator You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from sawmill operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a sawmill operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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sawmill 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sawmill operator already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.