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Where a marine electronics technician can go next

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

Marine electronics technicians lay out, install and repair electronic systems and equipment in vessels. They assemble electronic components and wiring according to blueprints and assembly drawings.

Also known as marine electronics wiring technician, marine instrument operative, marine electronic networks technician, marine electronics repair technician, marine electrical operator, maritime electronics design technician, maritime electronics installer, marine electrical mechanic, marine electronic mechanic, maritime electronics repair technician, maritime electronic systems technician, marine instrument mechanic.

Craft and related trades workers 72 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: marine mechatronics technician, 58%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
marine mechatronics technician 58% covered electronic equipment assembler 57% covered electronics engineering techn… 52% covered automation engineering techni… 48% covered electromechanical engineering… 42% covered marine electronics techni… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from marine electronics 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 a marine electronics 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

A marine electronics technician needs 20 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
  • maritime electric drives engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • types of electronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • clean components during assembly handling and moving
  • use water navigation devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • printed circuit boards information and communication technologies (icts)
  • integrated circuits engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • assemble electronic units handling and moving
  • electronic equipment standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • solder electronics constructing
  • electrical equipment regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a marine electronics technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Marine electronics technician 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 a marine electronics 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.