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

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

Instrumentation engineering technicians assist instrumentation engineers in the development of control equipment, such as valves, relays, and regulators, which can be used to monitor and control processes. Instrumentation engineering technicians are responsible for building, testing, monitoring, and maintaining of equipment. They use wrenches, beam cutters, grind saws, and overhead cranes to build and repair equipment.

Also known as C&I technologist, technologist in control and instrumentation equipment, control and instrumentation technologist, control and instrumentation engineering technician, technician in instrumentation engineering, instrumentation technologist, measurement and control engineering technologist, C&I engineering technician, instrumentation technician, instrumentation engineering assistant.

Technicians and associate professionals 78 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: sensor engineering technician, 62%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sensor engineering technician 62% covered precision instrument assembler 56% covered mechatronics engineering tech… 55% covered microsystem engineering techn… 54% covered automation engineering techni… 51% covered instrumentation engineeri… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from instrumentation 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 instrumentation 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 instrumentation engineering technician needs 32 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
  • metallurgy engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • assemble instrumentation equipment handling and moving
  • assemble measuring equipment handling and moving
  • develop instrumentation systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage instrumentation systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • test instrumentation equipment constructing
  • use hand tools handling and moving
  • use wrenches handling and moving
  • instrumentation equipment engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • instrumentation engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Instrumentation 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 instrumentation 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.