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Where a tyre builder can go next

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

Tyre builders build pneumatic tyres from rubber components. They operate machines and handtools.

Also known as tyre production plant operative, tyre tread builder, tire maker, tyre production worker, tire tread builder, tire production worker, tyre factory worker, tire factory worker, tyre maker, tire production plant operative.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 24 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: tyre fitter, 21%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 3 nearest destinations from tyre builder, 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 tyre builder already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A tyre builder needs 14 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

brush solvent handling and moving
create camelbacks handling and moving
form continuous bands working with machinery and specialised equipment
operate bead setter handling and moving
operate drum device working with machinery and specialised equipment
put adhesive on plies constructing
operate rollers working with machinery and specialised equipment
paint tyres constructing
set-up drum for rubber working with machinery and specialised equipment
clean tyres handling and moving

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Tyre builder 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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a tyre builder’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.