Where a mechanical engineering technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mechanical engineering technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Mechanical engineering technicians provide technical support to mechanical engineers in producing and manufacturing mechanical machinery. They help make designs and adjustments, and perform tests. They also develop layouts and drawings, collate and interpret data and write reports.
Also known as engineering test supervisor, engineering technical manager, engineering technical apprentice, mechanical engineering system inspector, mechanical engineering technical operator, mechanical engineering inspector.
Technicians and associate professionals 39 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: pneumatic engineering technician, 70%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- pneumatic engineering technician 70% covered · difficulty 28
- industrial engineering technician 68% covered · difficulty 32.5
- production engineering technician 67% covered · difficulty 34.4
- process engineering technician 61% covered · difficulty 40.6
- fluid power engineer 58% covered · difficulty 44.2
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A mechanical engineering technician needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- design engineering components communication, collaboration and creativity
- define part requirements information skills
- principles of mechanical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- CAE software information and communication technologies (icts)
- analyse test data information skills
- mechanical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- liaise with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
- read engineering drawings information skills
- adjust engineering designs communication, collaboration and creativity
- engineering processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mechanical engineering technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- industrial engineering technician 67% covered · difficulty 35
- production engineering technician 67% covered · difficulty 35
- marine engineering technician 64% covered · difficulty 38.5
- process engineering technician 63% covered · difficulty 39.6
- aerospace engineering technician 60% covered · difficulty 42.4
- rolling stock engineering technician 58% covered · difficulty 43.8
- packing machinery engineer 56% covered · difficulty 44.8
- rotating equipment engineer 56% covered · difficulty 44.8
- mechanical engineer 55% covered · difficulty 45.6
- marine engineer 46% covered · difficulty 53.9
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Mechanical engineering technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 mechanical 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.