Occupation Atlasrouter operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/98164d70-93a8-409c-aa9f-7d56314f4d7f
router operator
Router operators set up and operate multi-spindle routing machines, in order to hollow-out or cut various hard materials such as wood, composites, aluminium, steel, plastics; and others, such as foams. They are also able to read blueprints to determine cutting locations and specific sizes.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.34
- I Investigative2.12
- A Artistic1.00
- S Social1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (51-4034.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (13)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- check quality of raw materials
- dispose of cutting waste material
- ensure conformity to specifications
- ensure public safety and security
- maintain router machinery
- monitor automated machines
- operate router machinery
- perform test run
- quality standards
- read standard blueprints
- remove processed workpiece
- supply machine
- supply machine with appropriate tools
Optional (21)
- apply a protective layer
- inspect quality of products
- manipulate plastic
- manipulate wood
- manufacturing of daily use goods
- manufacturing of sports equipment
- measure parts of manufactured products
- metal smoothing technologies
- monitor stock level
- pack goods
- program a CNC controller
- record production data for quality control
- repair router machinery
- sand wood
- set up the controller of a machine
- troubleshoot
- types of metal
- types of plastic
- types of wood
- use CAD software
- weigh materials
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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