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

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from woodturner. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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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

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