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

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

Soap makers operate equipments and mixers that produce soap, making sure the end product is produced according to specified formula.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 18 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: nitroglycerin neutraliser, 33%

nitroglycerin neutraliser 33% covered plodder operator 31% covered soap drier operator 24% covered soap chipper 24% covered nitrator operator 22% covered soap maker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from soap maker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a soap maker 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 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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soap maker 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a soap maker 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.