Occupation Atlasfiling machine operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4f5e4fb1-58bd-4abd-bb06-4af9203a1518
filing machine operator
Filing machine operators set up and tend filing machines such as band files, reciprocating files and bench filing machines in order to smoothen metal, wood or plastic surfaces by precisely cutting and removing small amounts of excess material.
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Job Zone
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- 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 Conventional4.15
- I Investigative2.02
- A Artistic1.25
- 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 Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners (51-4194.00): 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 (16)
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.
- dispose of cutting waste material
- ensure equipment availability
- filing machine parts
- monitor automated machines
- perform machine maintenance
- perform test run
- quality and cycle time optimisation
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- set up the controller of a machine
- smooth burred surfaces
- supply machine
- tend filing machine
- type of file
- wear appropriate protective gear
Optional (32)
- abrasive machining processes
- apply precision metalworking techniques
- consult technical resources
- cutting technologies
- dies
- ferrous metal processing
- inspect quality of products
- keep records of work progress
- manipulate plastic
- manufacture of small metal parts
- manufacturing of cutlery
- manufacturing of door furniture from metal
- manufacturing of light metal packaging
- manufacturing of metal assembly products
- manufacturing of metal containers
- manufacturing of metal household articles
- manufacturing of weapons and ammunition
- measure flatness of a surface
- mechanics
- metal smoothing technologies
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- non-ferrous metal processing
- operate file for deburring
- operate precision measuring equipment
- produce customised products
- record production data for quality control
- spot metal imperfections
- types of metal
- types of metal manufacturing processes
- types of plastic
- types of wood
- woodworking processes
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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