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Where an installation engineer can go next

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

Installation engineers oversee and manage the installing of structures, which take often many years to design and construct. They ensure safety, avoid risks and they aim to the optimalisation of costs. Installation engineers also create constructive designs of systems and perform installation system testing. They determine the material needed for the construction of these systems and the costs, and use CAD software to design these systems.

Also known as commissioning engineer, structural engineer, design engineer, field installation engineer, structural installation engineer, building engineer.

Professionals 39 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: process engineer, 41%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from installation engineer, 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 installation engineer 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 installation engineer needs 18 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

construction industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
oversee construction project management skills
construction methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
ensure compliance with construction project deadline management skills
construction product regulation business, administration and law
project management principles business, administration and law
cost management business, administration and law
work in a construction team communication, collaboration and creativity
follow health and safety procedures in construction assisting and caring
project management business, administration and law

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Installation engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 installation engineer’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.