Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a surface grinding machine operator can go next

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

Surface grinding machine operators set up and tend surface grinding machines designed to apply abrasive processes in order to remove small amounts of excess material and smoothen metal workpieces by an abrasive grinding wheel, or wash grinder, rotating on a horizontal or vertical axis.

Also known as back grinding machine operator, filling and grinding machine operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 49 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: deburring machine operator, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
deburring machine operator 79% covered tumbling machine operator 76% covered boring machine operator 76% covered metal rolling mill operator 74% covered metal polisher 74% covered surface grinding machine … You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from surface grinding machine 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 surface grinding machine 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 surface grinding machine operator needs 19 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
  • parts of a surface grinding machine engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • operate surface grinder working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • tend surface grinding machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor moving workpiece in a machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • smooth burred surfaces handling and moving
  • spot metal imperfections information skills
  • apply precision metalworking techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Surface grinding machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a surface grinding 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.