Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an electrical engineering technician can go next

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

Electrical engineering technicians work together with electrical engineers in electrical engineering reasearch. They perform technical tasks and aid in the designing, testing, manufacturing and operation of electrical devices and facilities.

Also known as electrical technician, electrical equipment technician, technician in electrical systems, electrical installations inspector, electrical engineering assistant, electrical systems technician, technician in electrical engineering.

Technicians and associate professionals 67 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: electrical equipment assembler, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
electrical equipment assembler 63% covered electromechanical engineering… 57% covered electrical equipment inspector 57% covered control panel tester 56% covered control panel assembler 51% covered electrical engineering te… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from electrical 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 electrical 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

An electrical engineering technician needs 28 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
  • electrical equipment components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • ensure material compliance information skills
  • test electrical equipment constructing
  • electrical testing methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • abide by regulations on banned materials assisting and caring
  • electrical wiring diagrams engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • prepare pieces for joining handling and moving
  • measure electrical characteristics information skills
  • assemble electrical components handling and moving
  • electricity principles engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Electrical 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 electrical 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.