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Where a wood router operator can go next

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

Wood router operators work with industrial routers to cut wood into the desired shape. Routers have a routing head that moves over the wood, going up and down to regulate the depth of the incision. Contemporary industrial wood routers usually are computer controlled for extremely fine and consistent results.

Also known as wood carving machine operative, CNC wood routing machine operator, wood carving machine technician, wood routing machine operator, wood router technician, CNC wood router operative, CNC wood routing machine operative, wood routing machine tender, CNC wood router operator, wood router, wood routing machine setter, CNC wood router setter.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 46 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: sawmill operator, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sawmill operator 79% covered nailing machine operator 78% covered wood boring machine operator 75% covered veneer slicer operator 70% covered router operator 67% covered wood router operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from wood router 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 wood router operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A wood router operator needs 21 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
  • operate wood router working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • create cutting plan handling and moving
  • sawing techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • types of sawing blades engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • replace sawing blade on machine handling and moving
  • adjust cut sizes handling and moving
  • woodworking processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • wood cuts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manipulate wood handling and moving
  • cutting technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Wood router 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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a wood router 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.