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

tool grindertometal planer operator

A tool grinder already meets 35% of what the metal planer operator role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From tool grinder
35%
Overlap1
To metal planer operator
11 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
64 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64/ 100

1 Share of the metal planer operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tool grinder 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

Why this move works

A metal planer operator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a tool grinder already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • consult technical resources
  • dispose of cutting waste material
  • ensure equipment availability
  • quality standards
  • remove inadequate workpieces
  • remove processed workpiece

What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A metal planer operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tool grinder background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held smooth burred surfaces handling and moving
  • already held cutting technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
  • already held remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
  • already held remove processed workpiece handling and moving
  • already held advise on machinery malfunctions communication, collaboration and creativity

All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the metal planer operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 6 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 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor automated machines required
  • required, not held monitor moving workpiece in a machine required
  • required, not held operate metal sheet shaker required
  • required, not held supply machine required
  • required, not held tend metal planer required
  • optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate scrap vibratory feeder optional
  • optional, not held perform machine maintenance optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held quality and cycle time optimisation required
  • required, not held types of planing cutters required
  • optional, not held ferrous metal processing optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of heating equipment optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of metal containers optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of weapons and ammunition optional
03 information skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held measure flatness of a surface required
  • optional, not held monitor conveyor belt optional
  • optional, not held perform product testing optional
  • optional, not held record production data for quality control optional
  • optional, not held replace machines optional
04 handling and moving 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held supply machine with appropriate tools required
  • optional, not held apply cross-reference tools for product identification optional
  • optional, not held mark processed workpiece optional
  • optional, not held operate manual planer optional
05 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held perform test run required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held set up the controller of a machine required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a metal planer 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held consult technical resources skill
  • already held dispose of cutting waste material skill
  • already held ensure equipment availability skill
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held remove inadequate workpieces skill
  • already held remove processed workpiece skill
  • already held types of metal knowledge
  • already held advise on machinery malfunctions skill
  • already held cutting technologies knowledge
  • already held inspect quality of products skill
  • already held smooth burred surfaces skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ferrous metal processing optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of heating equipment optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of metal containers optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of weapons and ammunition optional
  • optional, not held apply cross-reference tools for product identification optional
  • optional, not held mark processed workpiece optional
  • optional, not held monitor conveyor belt optional
  • optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate manual planer optional
  • optional, not held operate scrap vibratory feeder optional
  • optional, not held perform machine maintenance optional
  • optional, not held perform product testing optional
  • optional, not held record production data for quality control optional
  • optional, not held replace machines optional
22 held skills the metal planer operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply precision metalworking techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply preliminary treatment to workpieces skill
  • not needed by the target role assess suitability of metal types for specific application skill
  • not needed by the target role cut metal products skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role machine tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate metal skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing of tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanical tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role metal and metal ore products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role metal smoothing technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role metalworking tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate surface grinder skill
  • not needed by the target role plumbing tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sharpen edged tools skill
  • not needed by the target role types of heat sealing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use metalworking tools skill
  • not needed by the target role woodworking tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
6 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 quality and cycle time optimisation required
  • required, not held types of planing cutters required
  • optional, not held ferrous metal processing optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of heating equipment optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of metal containers optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of weapons and ammunition optional
Index

Other moves recorded from tool grinder

Full index of moves from tool grinder

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.