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Where a surface-mount technology machine operator can go next

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

Surface-mount technology machine operators use surface-mount technology (SMT) machines to mount and solder small electronic components onto printed circuit boards to create surface-mounted devices (SMD).

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 36 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: wave soldering machine operator, 78%

Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from surface-mount technology machine operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a surface-mount technology machine operator 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 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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surface-mount technology 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a surface-mount technology machine operator 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.