Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an automotive battery technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an automotive battery technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Automotive battery technicians assemble, install, inspect, maintain and repair batteries in motor vehicles. They use electrical test equipment to confirm good working condition after installation. They evaluate batteries to determine the nature of power problems. They also prepare old batteries for disposal.

Also known as dry cell tester, installer of automotive batteries, bus battery technician, battery installer, automobile battery technician, technician of automotive batteries, automotive battery assembler, motor vehicle battery technician, automobile battery installer, car battery installer, automotive battery repairer, vehicle battery technician.

Craft and related trades workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: automotive electrician, 39%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
automotive electrician 39% covered battery assembler 36% covered marine electrician 36% covered automotive brake technician 32% covered rolling stock electrician 31% covered automotive battery techni… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from automotive battery 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 automotive battery technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An automotive battery technician needs 24 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
  • repair vehicle's electrical equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • assemble batteries handling and moving
  • install transport equipment batteries working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • energy storage systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • repair vehicle electrical systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • hybrid vehicle architecture engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • install automotive electrical equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • install car electronics working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • battery formation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • maintain electrical engines working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an automotive battery technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Automotive battery 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 automotive battery 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.