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Where an upsetting machine operator can go next

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

Upsetting machine operators set up and tend upsetting machines, primarily crank presses, designed to form through forging processes metal workpieces, usually wires, rods, or bars, into their desired shape by having split dies with mulitiple cavities compress the workpieces' length and hereby increasing their diameter.

Also known as heading machine operative, upsetting machine operative, upsetter, heading machine operator, upset forging machine operative, crank press operator, upset operator, upset forging machine operator, upsetter apprenticeship.

Craft and related trades workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: mechanical forging press worker, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mechanical forging press work… 79% covered metal drawing machine operator 77% covered drop forging hammer worker 76% covered hydraulic forging press worker 75% covered swaging machine operator 73% covered upsetting machine operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from upsetting 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 an upsetting 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

An upsetting machine operator needs 16 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
  • tend upsetting machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • types of upsetting machines engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • upsetting machine parts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • hold metal work piece in machine handling and moving
  • forging processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • ensure correct metal temperature working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor moving workpiece in a machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • 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 an upsetting machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Upsetting machine operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 an upsetting 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.