laminating machine operatortonailing machine operator
A laminating machine operator already meets 63% of what the nailing machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
63%
34.8/ 100
1 Share of the nailing machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the laminating 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 nailing machine operator role treats 8 of its required skills as things a laminating machine operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- monitor automated machines
- perform test run
- quality standards
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
What stands in the way is 3 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A nailing machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a laminating machine operator background worth leading with.
- already held prepare wood production reports information skills
- already held work safely with machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform machine maintenance working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held record production data for quality control information skills
- already held supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held consult technical resources information skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the nailing machine operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 7 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 remove inadequate workpieces required
- required, not held remove processed workpiece required
- optional, not held dispose of cutting waste material optional
- required, not held operate nailing machinery required
- optional, not held measure parts of manufactured products optional
- optional, not held identify hazards in the workplace optional
- optional, not held inspect quality of products optional
- optional, not held ensure conformity to specifications optional
- optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
- optional, not held inspect machinery optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a nailing machine operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 operate nailing machinery skill · sector specific
- 02 remove inadequate workpieces skill · cross sector
- 03 remove processed workpiece skill · 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held set up the controller of a machine skill
- already held supply machine skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held work safely with machines skill
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held perform machine maintenance skill
- already held prepare wood production reports skill
- already held record production data for quality control skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held conduct routine machinery checks optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held measure parts of manufactured products optional
- optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
- optional, not held conduct routine machinery checks optional
- optional, not held dispose of cutting waste material optional
- optional, not held ensure conformity to specifications optional
- optional, not held identify hazards in the workplace optional
- optional, not held inspect machinery optional
- optional, not held inspect quality of products optional
16 held skills the nailing machine operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adjust cut sizes skill
- not needed by the target role clean equipment skill
- not needed by the target role follow a brief skill
- not needed by the target role make folding styles skill
- not needed by the target role monitor gauge skill
- not needed by the target role operate collating machine skill
- not needed by the target role operate creasing machinery skill
- not needed by the target role operate laminating machine skill
- not needed by the target role pack goods skill
- not needed by the target role prevent paper jams skill
- not needed by the target role printed goods processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role produce samples skill
- not needed by the target role read job ticket instructions skill
- not needed by the target role report defective manufacturing materials skill
- not needed by the target role types of laminators knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of paper knowledge
Other moves recorded from laminating 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.