Where a spark erosion machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a spark erosion machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Spark erosion machine operators set up and tend spark erosion machines designed to cut excess material from a metal workpiece by the use of electrical discharges, or sparks, caused by electric voltage and separated by a dielectric liquid, which removes pieces of metal from the electrodes. These applications can involve transmission and optical microscopy.
Also known as electrical sealing machine operative, electrical sealing machine operator, electrical discharge machine set up technician, electrical discharge machine setup operator, electrical discharge machine eroder, electrical discharge machine setter, electrical discharge machine set up operative, electrical discharge machine operator, electrical discharge machine operative, electrical discharge machine setup operative, electrical discharge machine setup technician, electrical discharge machine set up operator.
Craft and related trades workers 49 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: oxy fuel burning machine operator, 75%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A spark erosion machine 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.
- tend spark erosion machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- metal eroding technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- apply cross-reference tools for product identification handling and moving
- electrical discharge engineering, manufacturing and construction
- dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- remove processed workpiece handling and moving
- types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
- operate precision measuring equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a spark erosion machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- plasma cutting machine operator 80% covered · difficulty 26.1
- lathe and turning machine operator 79% covered · difficulty 26.3
- metal sawing machine operator 77% covered · difficulty 28.5
- laser cutting machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 29.4
- milling machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 29.2
- oxy fuel burning machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 30.6
- punch press operator 76% covered · difficulty 29.8
- water jet cutter operator 76% covered · difficulty 30
- grinding machine operator 75% covered · difficulty 30.9
- engraving machine operator 73% covered · difficulty 32.1
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Spark erosion machine operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a spark erosion 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.