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

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

Textile machine operators supervise the textile process of a group of machines, monitoring quality and productivity. They inspect textile machines after set up, start up, and during production to ensure the product meets specs and quality standards.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 18 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: man-made fiber spinner, 43%

man-made fiber spinner 43% covered textile finishing machine ope… 41% covered spinning textile operator 37% covered nonwoven filament machine ope… 36% covered weaver 35% covered textile machine operator You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from textile machine operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a textile 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.

Index

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textile machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 textile 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.