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

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

Weaving machine operators set up, operate and monitor weaving machines .They work with specialised machinery, techniques and materials to process threads of yarn into weaved products such as clothing, home-tex or technical end products. They maintain and repair weaving machinery and ensure operations run without problems.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 25 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: weaving machine supervisor, 75%

weaving machine supervisor 75% covered tufting operator 72% covered carpet weaver 54% covered knitting machine operator 51% covered knitter 51% covered weaving machine operator You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from weaving machine operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a weaving 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

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weaving 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a weaving 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.