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Where a computer hardware engineering technician can go next

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

Computer hardware engineering technicians collaborate with computer hardware engineers in the development of computer hardware, such as motherboards, routers, and microprocessors. Computer hardware engineering technicians are responsible for building, testing, monitoring, and maintaining the developed computer technology.

Also known as PC hardware technician, computer hardware technician, IT engineering technician, IT hardware engineering technician, PC hardware engineering technician, computer engineering technician, technician in computer hardware engineering, technician in computer hardware, technician in IT hardware.

Technicians and associate professionals 84 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: numerical tool and process control programmer, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
numerical tool and process co… 75% covered computer-aided design operator 70% covered microsystem engineering techn… 58% covered mechatronics engineering tech… 51% covered microelectronics engineering … 51% covered computer hardware enginee… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from computer hardware 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 a computer hardware engineering technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A computer hardware engineering 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
  • hardware materials information and communication technologies (icts)
  • test hardware constructing
  • hardware testing methods information and communication technologies (icts)
  • use ICT hardware working with computers
  • hardware platforms information and communication technologies (icts)
  • computer technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • assemble hardware components working with computers
  • hardware architectures engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • hardware components information and communication technologies (icts)
  • computer engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Computer hardware 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 a computer hardware 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.