Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a water jet cutter operator can go next

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

Water jet cutter operators set up and operate a water jet cutter, designed to cut excess material from a metal workpiece by using a high-pressure jet of water, or an abrasive substance mixed with water.

Also known as water jet cutting machine operative, waterjet cutter apprentice, waterjet technician, waterjet cutter operator, water jet cutting machine technician, water jet operator, abrasive jet cutting machine operator, abrasive jet cutter technician, water-jet technician, waterjet cutting machine operative, CNC water jet cutting machine operator, waterjet cutter operative.

Craft and related trades workers 55 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: oxy fuel burning machine operator, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
oxy fuel burning machine oper… 80% covered boring machine operator 77% covered spark erosion machine operator 76% covered stamping press operator 76% covered riveter 76% covered water jet cutter operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from water jet cutter 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 water jet cutter 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 water jet cutter operator needs 21 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 water jet cutter machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • water pressure natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • apply cross-reference tools for product identification handling and moving
  • CAM software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • use automatic programming working with computers
  • dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
  • remove processed workpiece handling and moving
  • manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a water jet cutter operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Water jet cutter 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 a water jet cutter 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.