Table 1Transition record

spinning textile operatortotextile machine operator

A spinning textile operator already meets 46% of what the textile machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From spinning textile operator

46%

Overlap1

To textile machine operator

8 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

53.8 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 53.8

This move: 53.8 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the textile machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the spinning textile 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A textile machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a spinning textile operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held tend textile washing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held tend textile dyeing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held tend textile finishing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held tend spinning machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held manufacture nonwoven staple products working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held manufacture knitted textiles working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 8 carried skills, including the 8 the textile machine operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 6 required

required, not held manufacture braided products required
required, not held manufacture man-made fibres required
required, not held manufacture non-woven filament products required
required, not held tend textile drying machines required
required, not held tend textile printing machines required
required, not held tend weaving machines required

02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required

required, not held textile techniques required

03 handling and moving 1 required

required, not held use textile technique for hand-made products required

04 management skills 1 required

required, not held control textile process required

05 constructing 1 supplementary

optional, not held operate welding equipment optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a textile machine operator 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 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held manufacture knitted textiles skill
already held manufacture nonwoven staple products skill
already held tend spinning machines skill
already held tend textile dyeing machines skill
already held tend textile finishing machines skill
already held tend textile washing machines skill
already held textile technologies knowledge
already held use textile finishing machine technologies skill

1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held operate welding equipment optional

15 held skills the textile machine operator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role convert textile fibres into sliver skill
not needed by the target role covert slivers into thread skill
not needed by the target role evaluate textile characteristics skill
not needed by the target role manufacture staple yarns skill
not needed by the target role manufacture woven fabrics skill
not needed by the target role measure yarn count skill
not needed by the target role monitor textile manufacturing developments skill
not needed by the target role operate garment manufacturing machines skill
not needed by the target role plan fabric manufacturing process skill
not needed by the target role staple spinning machine technology knowledge
not needed by the target role tend knitting machine skill
not needed by the target role tend twisting machines skill
not needed by the target role test physical properties of textiles skill
not needed by the target role use weft preparation technologies skill
not needed by the target role work in textile manufacturing teams skill

1 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

required, not held textile techniques required

Index

Other moves recorded from spinning textile operator

Full index of moves from spinning textile operator

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.