Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an electric meter technician can go next

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

Electric meter technicians install and maintain electric meter systems in facilities or buildings. They install the equipment in accordance with regulations and repair faults and other problems. They test the equipment and advise on the use and care.

Also known as electricity meter test technician, electric meter installer, electricity meter installation technician, electricity meter maintenance operative, smart meter installer, electricity meter installer, electric meter maintenance worker, electricity meter maintenance worker, smart meter technician, electric meter test technician, electricity meter technician, electric meter maintenance operative.

Craft and related trades workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: rolling stock electrician, 41%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
rolling stock electrician 41% covered automotive brake technician 32% covered marine electrician 29% covered industrial machinery mechanic 29% covered motorcycle assembler 28% covered electric meter technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from electric meter 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 electric meter 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 electric meter technician needs 19 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
  • install electricity meter working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • identify faults in utility meters constructing
  • use electrical wire tools working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use wire hand tools handling and moving
  • electrical wire accessories engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inspect electrical supplies constructing
  • measure electrical characteristics information skills
  • electricity principles engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • smart grids systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electrical equipment regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Electric meter 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 electric meter 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.