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Where a swaging machine operator can go next

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

Swaging machine operators set up and tend rotary swaging machines, designed to alter round ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces into their desired shape by first hammering them into a smaller diameter through the compressive force of two or more dies and then tagging them using a rotary swager, a process through which no excess material is lost.

Also known as forging machine tender, forging machine operative, swaging machine tender, swaging machine setter, forging machine setter, swaging machine operative.

Craft and related trades workers 47 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: metal drawing machine operator, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
metal drawing machine operator 78% covered upsetting machine operator 78% covered laser marking machine operator 74% covered extrusion machine operator 72% covered nailing machine operator 71% covered swaging machine operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from swaging 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 swaging 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 swaging machine operator needs 16 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
  • swaging machine types engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • swaging processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • tend swaging machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • hold metal work piece in machine handling and moving
  • forging processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • monitor moving workpiece in a machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
  • remove processed workpiece handling and moving
  • types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Swaging machine operator 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

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