Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a stone driller can go next

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

Stone drillers operate the drilling machine that bores holes into stone blocks. They manipulate granit, sandstone, marble and slate according to specifications.

Also known as pneumatic drill operator, sandstone driller, stone drilling machine operator, marble driller, slate driller, granite driller, radial drill operator, slate cutter, stone drilling worker, stone drilling machine operative.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: stone splitter, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
stone splitter 63% covered plastic rolling machine opera… 62% covered nailing machine operator 61% covered mineral crushing operator 57% covered stone planer 54% covered stone driller You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from stone driller, 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 stone driller 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 stone driller 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
  • types of boring heads engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • maneuver stone blocks handling and moving
  • types of drill bits engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • types of stone for working engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • operate drill press working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate drilling equipment handling and moving
  • optimise production processes parameters communication, collaboration and creativity
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • supply machine with appropriate tools 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 stone driller does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Stone driller 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 stone driller’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.