Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

plastic heat treatment equipment operatortofibre machine tender

A plastic heat treatment equipment operator already meets 55% of what the fibre machine tender role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From plastic heat treatment equipment operator
55%
Overlap1
To fibre machine tender
18 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
48.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 48.4

This move: 48.4 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the fibre machine tender role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the plastic heat treatment equipment 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fibre machine tender role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a plastic heat treatment equipment operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held measure furnace temperature information skills
  • already held load materials into furnace handling and moving
  • already held maintain furnace temperature working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate lifting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held optimise production processes parameters communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held check quality of raw materials information skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 7 the fibre machine tender role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held bind fibreglass filaments required
  • required, not held wind sliver strands required
  • optional, not held operate furnace optional
  • optional, not held supply machine optional
02 constructing 2 required
  • required, not held monitor bushings required
  • required, not held monitor gauge required
03 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held remove bead straps required
  • optional, not held clean equipment optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor valves required
  • optional, not held measure materials optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held polymerisation optional
  • optional, not held composite materials optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held synthetic materials optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a fibre machine tender role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held consult technical resources skill
  • already held monitor automated machines skill
  • already held optimise production processes parameters skill
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held set up the controller of a machine skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
  • already held check quality of raw materials skill
  • already held inspect quality of products skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held load materials into furnace skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held maintain furnace temperature skill
  • already held measure furnace temperature skill
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held operate lifting equipment skill
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held control production flow remotely optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held operate furnace optional
  • optional, not held polymerisation optional
  • optional, not held synthetic materials optional
  • optional, not held clean equipment optional
  • optional, not held composite materials optional
  • optional, not held control production flow remotely optional
  • optional, not held measure materials optional
  • optional, not held supply machine optional
15 held skills the fibre machine tender role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role cool materials skill
  • not needed by the target role extract materials from furnace skill
  • not needed by the target role feed hoppers skill
  • not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
  • not needed by the target role mix moulding and casting material skill
  • not needed by the target role operate heat treatment furnace skill
  • not needed by the target role plastic resins knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prevent damage in a furnace skill
  • not needed by the target role record furnace operations skill
  • not needed by the target role solve technical problems skill
  • not needed by the target role tend discharge conveyor skill
  • not needed by the target role test chemical samples skill
  • not needed by the target role types of metal knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of plastic knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held polymerisation optional
  • optional, not held synthetic materials optional
  • optional, not held composite materials optional
Index
Note

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.