Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a scanning operator can go next

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

Scanning operators tend scanners. They feed print materials into the machine and set controls on the machine or on a controlling computer to obtain the highest resolution scan.

Also known as scanning specialist, scanning technician, scanning machine operator, document scanning operator, scanner specialist, scanning machine tender, scanner technician, scanner tender, scanner operator, document scanner, document scanning specialist, scanning clerk.

Craft and related trades workers 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: reprographics technician, 44%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
reprographics technician 44% covered digital printer 38% covered prepress operator 34% covered offset printer 26% covered prepress technician 25% covered scanning operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from scanning 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 scanning operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A scanning operator needs 15 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
  • check for flaws in scanned material information skills
  • imaging techniques health and welfare
  • prepare documents for scanning working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • create digital files working with computers
  • handle scanning material safely assisting and caring
  • operate scanner working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • produce scanned images communication, collaboration and creativity
  • set scanner controls working with computers
  • reprography arts and humanities
  • write calibration report communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Scanning 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 scanning 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.