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Where a slitter operator can go next

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

Slitter operators set up, operate, or tend machines, in order to cut, slit, bend, or straighten sheets of metal, paper, or other materials to specific widths. Slitter operators must also ensure quality, by examining various end-products and observing pre-defined tolerances.

Also known as slitting machinist, steel slitter operative, paper slitter operator, paper slitter operative, slitting line setter, shearer, slitting machine setter, slitting machine operator, steel slitter operator, splitter rewinder machine operator, slitting machine operative, slitting machine worker.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: router operator, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
router operator 72% covered insulating tube winder 67% covered heat sealing machine operator 56% covered edge bander operator 53% covered nailing machine operator 52% covered slitter operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from slitter 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 slitter 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 slitter operator needs 14 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
  • maintain slitting machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate slitting machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • check quality of products on the production line information skills
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • pack goods handling and moving
  • ensure conformity to specifications assisting and caring
  • supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
  • check quality of raw materials information skills
  • remove processed workpiece handling and moving
  • ensure public safety and security assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Slitter operator 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 slitter 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.