Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
65 skills listed by ESCO, 25 of them essential. 65 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 65, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| apply polishing lubricants | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply precision metalworking techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
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The skills and tools people in this kind of job use, at the level each is usually asked for.
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| buffing motions | skill | essential | 3 |
| consult technical resources | skill | essential | 3 |
| cutting technologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| dispose of cutting waste material | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure equipment availability | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure equipment maintenance | skill | essential | 3 |
| inspect quality of products | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| manipulate metal | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor moving workpiece in a machine | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate precision measuring equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate surface grinder | skill | essential | 3 |
| quality and cycle time optimisation | skill | essential | 3 |
| quality standards | skill | essential | 3 |
| remove inadequate workpieces | skill | essential | 3 |
| remove processed workpiece | skill | essential | 3 |
| set up the controller of a machine | skill | essential | 3 |
| spot metal imperfections | skill | essential | 3 |
| supply machine | skill | essential | 3 |
| troubleshoot | skill | essential | 3 |
| types of lubricants | skill | essential | 3 |
| types of metal | skill | essential | 3 |
| use metalworking tools | skill | essential | 3 |
| abrasive machining processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| advise on machinery malfunctions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply preliminary treatment to workpieces | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assess suitability of metal types for specific application | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| Communication | competency | desirable | 2 |
| cut metal products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | desirable | 2 |
| ferrous metal processing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| industrial tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| keep records of work progress | skill | desirable | 2 |
| machine tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manufacture of small metal parts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manufacturing of cutlery | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manufacturing of door furniture from metal | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manufacturing of light metal packaging | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manufacturing of metal assembly products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manufacturing of metal household articles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manufacturing of tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manufacturing of weapons and ammunition | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mark processed workpiece | skill | desirable | 2 |
| measure flatness of a surface | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mechanical tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| metal and metal ore products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| metal polishing machine parts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| metal smoothing technologies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| metalworking tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor automated machines | skill | desirable | 2 |
| non-ferrous metal processing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate metal polishing equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate sandblaster | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform machine maintenance | skill | desirable | 2 |
| plumbing tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| precious metal processing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | desirable | 2 |
| record production data for quality control | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| sharpen edged tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| smooth burred surfaces | skill | desirable | 2 |
| supply machine with appropriate tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| tend metal polishing machine | skill | desirable | 2 |
| types of heat sealing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| types of metal manufacturing processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| woodworking tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| work ergonomically | skill | desirable | 2 |