Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

Craft and related trades workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: engineered wood board machine operator, 74%

engineered wood board machine… 74% covered veneer slicer operator 68% covered wood boring machine operator 60% covered absorbent pad machine operator 59% covered wood fuel pelletiser 58% covered wood pallet maker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from wood pallet maker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a wood pallet maker 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 pallet maker 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 pallet maker 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.