Where a computer hardware test technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a computer hardware test technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Computer hardware test technicians conduct testing of computer hardware such as circuit boards, computer chips, computer systems, and other electronic and electrical components. They analyse the hardware configuration and test the hardware reliability and conformance to specifications.
Also known as computer hardware inspector, inspector of computer hardware, computer hardware testing technician, computer hardware tester, tester of computer hardware, inspection technician in computer hardware, hardware tester, computer hardware inspection technician.
Technicians and associate professionals 45 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: electronic equipment inspector, 78%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- electronic equipment inspector 78% covered · difficulty 25.6
- printed circuit board test technician 63% covered · difficulty 45.7
- automated optical inspection operator 63% covered · difficulty 41.2
- electrical equipment inspector 57% covered · difficulty 49.6
- precision device inspector 56% covered · difficulty 45.7
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A computer hardware test 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.
- hardware materials information and communication technologies (icts)
- test hardware constructing
- hardware testing methods information and communication technologies (icts)
- hardware platforms information and communication technologies (icts)
- instrument performance elements engineering, manufacturing and construction
- hardware architectures engineering, manufacturing and construction
- hardware components information and communication technologies (icts)
- communicate test results to other departments communication, collaboration and creativity
- measure electrical characteristics information skills
- electronic equipment standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a computer hardware test technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- electronic equipment inspector 61% covered · difficulty 45.5
- printed circuit board test technician 61% covered · difficulty 45.4
- electrical equipment inspector 54% covered · difficulty 52.9
- precision device inspector 50% covered · difficulty 56.1
- calibration technician 47% covered · difficulty 58.6
- automated optical inspection operator 45% covered · difficulty 59.8
- commissioning engineer 30% covered · difficulty 72.6
- commissioning technician 25% covered · difficulty 76.6
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Computer hardware test technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a computer hardware test 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.