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Where a material testing technician can go next

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

Material testing technicians perform a variety of tests on materials such as soils, concrete, masonry and asphalt, in order to verify conformance to intended usage cases and specifications.

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Technicians and associate professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: non-destructive testing specialist, 52%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
non-destructive testing speci… 52% covered fire safety tester 36% covered veneer grader 26% covered soil surveying technician 25% covered geology technician 24% covered material testing technici… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from material testing 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 material testing 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 material testing 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.

Required skill Area
  • advanced materials natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • materials engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • collect samples handling and moving
  • apply safety procedures in laboratory assisting and caring
  • maintain test equipment constructing
  • report test findings information skills
  • operate scientific measuring equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • health, safety and hygiene legislation services
  • perform laboratory tests working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use testing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Material testing 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 a material testing 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.