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Where an automotive engineering technician can go next

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

Automotive engineering technicians work with automotive engineers to operate, repair, maintain and test equipment used in motor vehicles. In some environments, such as an airport they are responsible for keeping equipment and vehicles serviceable. They review blueprints and designs to determine test specifications and procedures. Automotive engineering technicians use software to make sure that parts of a motor vehicle are functioning properly. They record test procedures and results, and make recommendations for changes.

Also known as truck engineering technician, motorcycle design checker, lorry design checker, car design checker, coach engineering technician, car engineering technician, automotive design checker, vehicle production design checker, bus design checker, equipment and vehicle technician, vehicle production engineering technician, truck design checker.

Technicians and associate professionals 79 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: pneumatic engineering technician, 68%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
pneumatic engineering technic… 68% covered automotive engineering drafter 65% covered rolling stock engineering tec… 64% covered automotive designer 62% covered aerospace engineering drafter 62% covered automotive engineering te… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from automotive engineering 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 engineering 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 automotive engineering 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
  • hybrid vehicle architecture engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • vehicle manufacturing process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • green automotive technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • recommend product improvements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • mechanics of motor vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • material mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • multimedia systems arts and humanities
  • ICT software specifications information and communication technologies (icts)
  • CAE software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Automotive engineering technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 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.