boring machine operatortodrill press operator
A boring machine operator already meets 72% of what the drill press operator role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
72%
30.7/ 100
1 Share of the drill press operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the boring machine operator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A drill press operator role treats 12 of its required skills as things a boring machine operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- dispose of cutting waste material
- ensure equipment availability
- monitor automated machines
- operate precision measuring equipment
- perform test run
- quality standards
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 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A drill press operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a boring machine operator background worth leading with.
- already held types of drill bits engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held apply cross-reference tools for product identification handling and moving
- already held manufacturing of tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manufacturing of metal assembly products engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manufacturing of light metal packaging engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manufacturing of heating equipment engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 30 carried skills, including the 12 the drill press operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held apply precision metalworking techniques required
- required, not held operate drill press required
- optional, not held adjust temperature gauges optional
- optional, not held manipulate plastic optional
- optional, not held operate file for deburring optional
- required, not held quality and cycle time optimisation required
- optional, not held types of plastic optional
- optional, not held dies optional
- optional, not held types of drill press oils optional
- required, not held wear appropriate protective gear required
- optional, not held work ergonomically optional
- optional, not held monitor gauge optional
- optional, not held mark a metal workpiece optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a drill press operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply precision metalworking techniques skill · cross sector
- 02 operate drill press skill · cross sector
- 03 quality and cycle time optimisation knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 30 skills that carry over
- already held dispose of cutting waste material skill
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held operate precision measuring equipment skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held remove inadequate workpieces skill
- already held remove processed workpiece skill
- already held supply machine skill
- already held supply machine with appropriate tools skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held types of drill bits knowledge
- already held apply cross-reference tools for product identification skill
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held cutting technologies knowledge
- already held ferrous metal processing knowledge
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held manufacturing of heating equipment knowledge
- already held manufacturing of light metal packaging knowledge
- already held manufacturing of metal assembly products knowledge
- already held manufacturing of metal containers knowledge
- already held manufacturing of steam generators knowledge
- already held manufacturing of tools knowledge
- already held mark processed workpiece skill
- already held monitor stock level skill
- already held perform machine maintenance skill
- already held perform product testing skill
- already held record production data for quality control skill
- already held types of metal knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held types of plastic optional
- optional, not held adjust temperature gauges optional
- optional, not held dies optional
- optional, not held manipulate plastic optional
- optional, not held mark a metal workpiece optional
- optional, not held monitor gauge optional
- optional, not held operate file for deburring optional
- optional, not held types of drill press oils optional
- optional, not held work ergonomically optional
17 held skills the drill press operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on machinery malfunctions skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture of small metal parts knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of cutlery knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of door furniture from metal knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of doors from metal knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of metal household articles knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of metal structures knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of steel drums and similar containers knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of weapons and ammunition knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor conveyor belt skill
- not needed by the target role non-ferrous metal processing knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate scrap vibratory feeder skill
- not needed by the target role set up the controller of a machine skill
- not needed by the target role tend boring machine skill
- not needed by the target role types of boring heads knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held quality and cycle time optimisation required
- optional, not held types of plastic optional
- optional, not held dies optional
- optional, not held types of drill press oils optional
Other moves recorded from boring machine operator
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.