Where a automation engineering technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a automation engineering technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Automation engineering technicians collaborate with automation engineers in the development of applications and systems for the automation of the production process. Automation engineering technicians build, test, monitor, and maintain the computer-controlled systems used in automated production systems.
Technicians and associate professionals 57 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: mechatronics engineering technician, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- mechatronics engineering technician 79% covered · difficulty 30.1
- robotics engineering technician 69% covered · difficulty 40.4
- sensor engineering technician 61% covered · difficulty 45.2
- microsystem engineering technician 52% covered · difficulty 54.3
- industrial robot controller 51% covered · difficulty 47.3
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automation engineering technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a automation engineering technician already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.