Where an automation engineering technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an 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.
Also known as marine sensor technician, technician for food industry digitalisation, technologist in automated systems, technician in automated systems, marine automation technician, technician for agricultural digitalisation, marine automation engineer, automation control inspector, automation inspector, vessel automation technician, assistant in automation engineering, automation engineering assistant.
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
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An automation engineering technician needs 33 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- automatic control system information and communication technologies (icts)
- assemble sensors handling and moving
- install automation components working with computers
- microprocessors information and communication technologies (icts)
- install mechatronic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- assemble mechatronic units handling and moving
- assemble machines handling and moving
- test mechatronic units constructing
- robotic components engineering, manufacturing and construction
- computer engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an automation engineering technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- electronics engineering technician 72% covered · difficulty 37
- robotics engineering technician 72% covered · difficulty 39.4
- electromechanical engineering technician 71% covered · difficulty 38.4
- automation engineer 67% covered · difficulty 42.8
- sensor engineering technician 54% covered · difficulty 56.1
- instrumentation engineering technician 51% covered · difficulty 59.3
- marine electronics technician 48% covered · difficulty 60.7
- shipwright 48% covered · difficulty 61
- marine mechatronics technician 44% covered · difficulty 65.2
- industrial robot controller 28% covered · difficulty 76.9
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an automation engineering 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.