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Overview
The work combines machine operation, routine maintenance, cleaning, product checks and rotation between stations in an automated production process.
In job descriptions, look for automated machines, conveyor belts, machine controls, assembly techniques, maintenance, test runs, rejected workpieces, production data, specifications and protective equipment.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work is tied to a moving production flow. Operators watch machines, conveyors and workpieces, adjust controls, clean equipment and rotate between stations so assembly keeps moving.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes manufacturing processes, machine controls, assembly techniques, maintenance, test runs, product specifications, rejected parts, production records and safe use of protective equipment.
Salary context
Pay context often follows shift pattern, machine complexity, product quality responsibility, maintenance duties, pace of the line and whether the role includes setup or team coordination.
Career paths
Paths can move toward senior line operation, maintenance support, quality inspection, process improvement, team leadership or training new operators on specific automated cells.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name the machines, product type, rotation system, quality checks, maintenance level, production data, loading duties, ergonomics and protective equipment.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
MANUFACTURING
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is industrial robot controller.
These examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Team Assemblers
51-2092.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
CMANUFACTURING
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Process control technicians not elsewhere classified (3139)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/869e3a85-6e4c-4e3c-b14f-a8399c1abd2d |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3139.1 |
| ISCO group | 3139 |
| Concept type | Occupation |