Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a synthetic materials engineer can go next

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

Synthetic materials engineers develop new synthetic materials processes or improve existing ones. They design and construct installations and machines for the production of synthetic materials and examine samples of raw materials in order to ensure quality.

Also known as plastics production engineer, synthetic materials production engineer, polymers production engineer, synthetic materials research engineer, polymers development engineer, plastics quality engineer, plastics engineer, plastics research engineer, synthetic materials development engineer, polymers quality engineer, plastics development engineer, polymers research engineer.

Professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: rubber technologist, 56%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
rubber technologist 56% covered chemical tester 33% covered rolling stock engineer 24% covered quality engineer 23% covered materials engineer 22% covered synthetic materials engin… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from synthetic materials engineer, 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 synthetic materials engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A synthetic materials engineer needs 20 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
  • injection moulding machine parts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • synthetic materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use hand tools handling and moving
  • design engineering components communication, collaboration and creativity
  • basic chemicals natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • materials engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • design process communication, collaboration and creativity
  • handle chemicals handling and moving
  • work with chemicals handling and moving
  • chemical processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a synthetic materials engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Synthetic materials engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 synthetic materials engineer’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.