Where a fluid power technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a fluid power technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Fluid power technicians install and assemble equipment that uses liquid or gas pressure to transmit or regulate power. They also perform tests on and maintain this equipment.
Also known as hydraulic liquid mechanic, fluid power supervisor, hydraulic power technical operative, hydraulic power machinist, fluid power technical operator, fluid power operator, fluid power brake operator, hydraulic inspector, hydraulic brake inspector, fluid power brake inspector, fluid power technical operative, hydraulic liquid inspector.
Craft and related trades workers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: industrial machinery mechanic, 68%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- industrial machinery mechanic 68% covered · difficulty 34.1
- forge equipment technician 67% covered · difficulty 33.3
- moulding machine technician 66% covered · difficulty 35.5
- agricultural machinery technician 63% covered · difficulty 38.6
- construction equipment technician 51% covered · difficulty 49.5
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A fluid power technician needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- hydraulic fluid engineering, manufacturing and construction
- install hydraulic systems constructing
- fluid mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- secure working area assisting and caring
- hydraulics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- operate soldering equipment constructing
- use testing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- resolve equipment malfunctions communication, collaboration and creativity
- consult technical resources information skills
- record test data information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a fluid power technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- pneumatic systems technician 81% covered · difficulty 19.3
- industrial machinery mechanic 79% covered · difficulty 21
- agricultural machinery technician 70% covered · difficulty 29.3
- forge equipment technician 70% covered · difficulty 29.5
- heating and ventilation service installer 70% covered · difficulty 29.3
- textile machinery technician 70% covered · difficulty 29.5
- moulding machine technician 68% covered · difficulty 31.2
- construction equipment technician 68% covered · difficulty 31.7
- lift technician 65% covered · difficulty 34
- heating technician 60% covered · difficulty 38.6
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Fluid power technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 fluid power 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.