Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a surgical instrument maker can go next

2 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a surgical instrument maker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Surgical instrument makers create, repair and design surgical instruments, such as clamps, graspers, mechanical cutters, scopes, probes and other surgical instruments.

Craft and related trades workers 37 skills on file 2 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: gear machinist, 20%

gear machinist 20% covered medical device assembler 20% covered surgical instrument maker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 2 nearest destinations from surgical instrument maker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a surgical instrument maker already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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surgical instrument maker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 surgical instrument maker 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.