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Where a tumbling machine operator can go next

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

Tumbling machine operators set up and operate tumbling machines, often wet or drie tumbling barrels, designed to remove excess material and burrs of heavy metal workpieces and precious metals and to improve surface appearance, by rotating the metal pieces in a barrel together with grit and potentially water, allowing for the friction between the pieces mutually and with the grit to cause a rounding, smooth effect.

Also known as machine washing operator, deflash and wash operative, deflash and wash operator, wash equipment operator, tub washer operative, washing machine operator, production machine washer, tub washer, production washer, machine washing operative, washing machine operative, machine washer.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: metal polisher, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
metal polisher 65% covered nailing machine operator 63% covered chain making machine operator 62% covered metal drawing machine operator 61% covered riveter 58% covered tumbling machine operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from tumbling 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 tumbling 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 tumbling machine operator needs 17 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
  • tumbling machine parts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • tend tumbling machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • types of lubricants engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • monitor moving workpiece in a machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • smooth burred surfaces handling and moving
  • spot metal imperfections information skills
  • 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 tumbling machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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