Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an electrical equipment inspector can go next

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

Electrical equipment inspectors check finished electrical products for physical defects and faulty electrical connections. They record inspection results and send faulty assemblies back to production.

Also known as electrical equipment tester, electrical appliance inspector, supervisor of electrical equipment, electrical QA inspector, electrical testing and inspection engineer, electrical QC inspector, electrical inspector, inspector of electrical equipment, electrical testing engineer.

Craft and related trades workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: control panel tester, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
control panel tester 67% covered electronic equipment inspector 61% covered computer hardware test techni… 54% covered battery test technician 50% covered electrical equipment producti… 42% covered electrical equipment insp… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from electrical equipment inspector, 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 equipment inspector 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 equipment inspector needs 25 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
  • test electrical equipment constructing
  • instrument performance elements engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electrical testing methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • interpret electrical diagrams information skills
  • electrical wiring diagrams engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • wind energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • communicate test results to other departments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • measure electrical characteristics information skills
  • 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 equipment inspector does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Electrical equipment inspector 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 electrical equipment inspector’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.