Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a screw machine operator can go next

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

Screw machine operators set up and tend mechanical screw machines designed to manufacture (threaded) screws out of processed metal workpieces, specifically small- to medium-sized ones that have been turned by a lathe and turn machine.

Also known as turret lathe turner, screw machine tuning operator, multiple spindle lathe turner, automatic lathe machine operator, screw machine turner.

Craft and related trades workers 43 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: riveter, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
riveter 75% covered metal nibbling operator 75% covered metal drawing machine operator 74% covered extrusion machine operator 72% covered plasma cutting machine operat… 72% covered screw machine operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from screw machine 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 screw machine 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 screw machine operator needs 18 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
  • screw machine parts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • screw manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • tend screw machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • screw types engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • monitor moving workpiece in a machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
  • remove processed workpiece handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Screw machine operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 screw machine 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.