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Where an aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technicians perform overhaul, maintenance and repair work on gas turbine engines. They disassemble, inspect, clean, repair and reassemble the engines using engine-specific tooling.

Also known as aircraft gas turbine engine maintenance technician, aviation gas turbine engine maintenance technician, aviation gas turbine engine repair technician, aeroplane engine mechanic, aircraft gas turbine engine repair technician, aeroplane gas turbine engine maintenance technician, aeroplane gas turbine engine repair technician, aircraft gas turbine engine installation technician.

Craft and related trades workers 40 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: aircraft engine assembler, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
motor vehicle engine assembler 77% covered aircraft engine tester 76% covered rolling stock engine tester 69% covered aircraft engine assembler 81% covered rotating equipment mechanic 68% covered aircraft gas turbine engi… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • adjust tightness of engine parts constructing
  • bolt engine parts working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • re-assemble engines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • aircraft mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • disassemble engines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operation of different engines engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • recognise signs of corrosion information skills
  • engine components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
  • use power tools handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.