Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a woodturner can go next

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

Woodturners use a lathe to remove superfluous material from wood. The lathe turns the workpiece around its axis, as shape tools are used to obtain the desired shape.

Also known as wood turning lathe operator, wood lathe specialist, wood lathe operator, wood lathe turner, wood lather, multi-spindle wood machinist, bodger, wood turner, wood machinist, CNC wood machinist, woodworking machinist, wood lather turner.

Craft and related trades workers 42 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: wood sander, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
wood sander 67% covered veneer slicer operator 59% covered nailing machine operator 59% covered wood products assembler 58% covered table saw operator 53% covered woodturner You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from woodturner, 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 woodturner 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 woodturner needs 17 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
  • avoid tear-out in woodworking handling and moving
  • use turning tools handling and moving
  • turn wood working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • position cross slide of a lathe handling and moving
  • types of lathe tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • lathe machine parts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inspect wood materials information skills
  • tend lathe working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • woodworking tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • woodworking processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Woodturner is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 woodturner’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.