Automated cutting machine operator to cutting machine operator
An automated cutting machine operator already meets 72% of what the cutting machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
34.4/ 100
1 How much of what a cutting machine operator is expected to do is already part of an automated cutting machine operator’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the cutting machine operator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A cutting machine operator role treats 15 of its required skills as things an automated cutting machine operator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery
- apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods
- footwear components
- footwear equipments
- footwear machinery
- footwear manufacturing technology
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cutting machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an automated cutting machine operator background worth leading with.
- already held use wire processing machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held replace sawing blade on machine handling and moving
- already held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manual cutting processes for leather engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 21 carried skills, including the 15 the cutting machine operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn adjust cut sizes required
- still to learn cut footwear uppers required
- optional, not held cut fabrics optional
- optional, not held use cutting equipment optional
- still to learn maintain footwear assembling equipment required
- optional, not held maintain cutting equipment optional
- still to learn operate cutting equipment required
- optional, not held operate die-cut machines optional
- optional, not held apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques optional
- optional, not held identify defects on raw hides optional
- optional, not held plan carpet cutting optional
- optional, not held measure working time in goods production optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a cutting machine operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adjust cut sizes practise this
- 02 cut footwear uppers practise this
- 03 maintain footwear assembling equipment practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 21 skills that carry over
- already held apply basic rules of maintenance to leather goods and footwear machinery skill
- already held apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods skill
- already held footwear components knowledge
- already held footwear equipments knowledge
- already held footwear machinery knowledge
- already held footwear manufacturing technology knowledge
- already held footwear materials knowledge
- already held footwear quality knowledge
- already held leather goods components knowledge
- already held leather goods manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held leather goods materials knowledge
- already held leather goods quality knowledge
- already held manual cutting processes for leather knowledge
- already held replace sawing blade on machine skill
- already held use wire processing machinery skill
- already held apply pre-stitching techniques skill
- already held automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods knowledge
- already held operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods skill
- already held pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods knowledge
- already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
- already held use IT tools skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held plan carpet cutting optional
- optional, not held apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques optional
- optional, not held cut fabrics optional
- optional, not held identify defects on raw hides optional
- optional, not held measure working time in goods production optional
- optional, not held operate die-cut machines optional
- optional, not held use cutting equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain cutting equipment optional
2 held skills the cutting machine operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role tend CNC laser cutting machine skill
- not needed by the target role use pattern-cutting softwares skill
Other moves recorded from automated cutting machine operator
Common questions about this move
Can an automated cutting machine operator become a cutting machine operator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An automated cutting machine operator already covers 72% of what a cutting machine operator is expected to do: 21 skills carry over, 15 of which the cutting machine operator role treats as required.
What skills does an automated cutting machine operator need to become a cutting machine operator?
4 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is adjust cut sizes.
How hard is the move from automated cutting machine operator to cutting machine operator?
Its learning distance is 34.4 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.