Where a wood pallet maker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a wood pallet maker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Wood pallet makers create wood pallets for use in storage, shipping and manipulation of goods. Pallet makers operate a machine that takes in usually low-grade softwood planks treated with heat or chemicals and nails them together. The material and shape of the pallets, the treatment methods, and the number and pattern of nails used are all highly standardised to make exchange of used pallets possible.
Also known as pallet nailing machine operator, pallet nailing machine technician, pallet nailing machine worker, pallet machine technician, pallet machine specialist, wooden pallet maker, pallet nailing machine specialist, pallet machine operator, pallet machine worker.
Craft and related trades workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: engineered wood board machine operator, 74%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A wood pallet maker 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.
- pallet dimensions arts and humanities
- types of pallets arts and humanities
- operate forklift working with machinery and specialised equipment
- dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
- monitor conveyor belt information skills
- ensure conformity to specifications assisting and caring
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- remove processed workpiece handling and moving
- work safely with machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a wood pallet maker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- planer thicknesser operator 68% covered · difficulty 37.1
- nailing machine operator 67% covered · difficulty 38.4
- engineered wood board machine operator 66% covered · difficulty 39.9
- veneer slicer operator 66% covered · difficulty 39.9
- wood boring machine operator 65% covered · difficulty 39.9
- sawmill operator 63% covered · difficulty 41.9
Look up another occupation
Wood pallet maker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a wood pallet maker’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.