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

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

Wood boring machine operators use milling machines or specialise boring jigs to cut holes in wood workpieces. Wood boring differs from routing mainly in that the main movement is into the workpiece as opposed to across its surface.

Craft and related trades workers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: nailing machine operator, 80%

nailing machine operator 80% covered planer thicknesser operator 66% covered wood pallet maker 65% covered boring machine operator 65% covered router operator 65% covered wood boring machine opera… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from wood boring machine operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a wood boring 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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wood boring 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

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