Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a telephone switchboard operator can go next

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

Telephone switchboard operators establish telephone connections by using switchboards and consoles. They also answer customer inquiries and service problem reports.

Clerical support workers 15 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: communication infrastructure maintainer, 25%

communication infrastructure … 25% covered telephone switchboard ope… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 1 nearest destinations from telephone switchboard operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a telephone switchboard operator already covers. All 1 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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telephone switchboard operator is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a telephone switchboard 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.