Where a straightening machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a straightening machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Straightening machine operators set up and tend straightening machines designed to form metal workpieces into their desired shape using pressing practices. They adjust the angle and the height of the straightening rolls and select the settings for the pressing force required to straighten the workpiece, taking into account the end product's yield strenght and size, without excess work hardening.
Also known as straightening machinist, straightening machine tender, adjusting machine operator, straightening press operative, straightening press operator, straightener, straightening machine technician, straightening machine operative, straightening machine apprentice.
Craft and related trades workers 47 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: stamping press operator, 75%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A straightening machine 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.
- tend straightening press working with machinery and specialised equipment
- position straightening rolls handling and moving
- measure flatness of a surface information skills
- metal forming technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- remove processed workpiece handling and moving
- types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
- supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- consult technical resources information skills
- monitor automated machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a straightening machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- computer numerical control machine operator 79% covered · difficulty 25.9
- lathe and turning machine operator 79% covered · difficulty 25.9
- metal rolling mill operator 79% covered · difficulty 27
- stamping press operator 77% covered · difficulty 28.8
- grinding machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 29.1
- laser cutting machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 29.1
- milling machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 29.1
- extrusion machine operator 75% covered · difficulty 31.3
- thread rolling machine operator 69% covered · difficulty 37.6
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Straightening 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 straightening 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.