From screw machine operator to metal planer operator
13 of the 18 essential skills of a metal planer operator are already essential for a screw machine operator — about 72% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 5
- would be new
- 72%
- of the target job covered
- 18
- essential skills of a metal planer operator
What a metal planer operator does
Metal planer operators set up and operate a planer, which is a metalworking machine designed to cut excess material from a metal workpiece using linear relative motion between the planer's cutting tool and the workpiece in order to create a linear toolpath and cut.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- dispose of cutting waste material
- ensure equipment availability
- monitor automated machines
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- perform test run
- quality and cycle time optimisation
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- types of metal
What would be new
5 skillsEssential for a metal planer operator and not for a screw machine operator. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from screw machine operator
2 roles- deburring machine operator14 skills in common
- laser cutting machine operator13 skills in common
← screw machine operatormetal planer operator →The other way round
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How far are you from being a metal planer operator?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.