Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a winding machine operator can go next

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

Winding machine operators tend machines that wrap strings, cords, yarns, ropes, threads onto reels, bobbins, or spools. They handle materials, prepare them for processing, and use winding machines for that purpose. They also perform routine maintenance of the machinery.

Also known as bobbin winder, winding operator, core winding operator, winder operator, core winder machine operator, machine bobbin winder, winding machinist, winder tender, winding machine tender.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: spinning machine operator, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
spinning machine operator 65% covered twisting machine operator 43% covered leather production machine op… 35% covered leather measuring operator 32% covered nonwoven staple machine opera… 25% covered winding machine operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from winding 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 winding machine operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A winding machine operator 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
  • tend winding machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • rope lashing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • set the operation speed of manufacturing machines working with computers
  • types of thread engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • wrap yarn around bobbins working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • cut filament handling and moving
  • types of strings arts and humanities
  • adjust filament tension working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • organise wires handling and moving
  • rope manipulation engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Winding machine operator 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 winding 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.