Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an automotive electrician can go next

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

Automotive electricians install, maintain and repair electrical and electronic systems in motor vehicles such as air conditioning systems, lamps, radios, heating systems, batteries, electrical wiring and alternators. They use diagnostic testing equipment to inspect vehicles and find faults. To do repair work, they use hand tools and specialised electrical instruments and machines.

Also known as auto technician, motor vehicle electrician, autoelectrical technician, vehicle body electrician, auto electrician, car electrician, truck electrician, auto electrical technician, motor vehicle electrical technician, van electrician, electrical installation technician.

Craft and related trades workers 53 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: automotive brake technician, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
automotive brake technician 72% covered rolling stock electrician 68% covered marine electrician 63% covered automotive battery technician 61% covered bicycle assembler 50% covered automotive electrician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from automotive electrician, 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 electrician 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 automotive electrician needs 26 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
  • inspect for faults in the vehicle's electric system information skills
  • repair vehicle's electrical equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform vehicle diagnostic procedures constructing
  • carry out improvised vehicle repairs working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • energy storage systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • install automotive electrical equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • install car electronics working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • automotive diagnostic equipment engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use automotive diagnostic equipment constructing
  • vehicle electrical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Automotive electrician 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 electrician’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.