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Where a metrology technician can go next

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

Metrology technicians apply their practical knowledge of metrology to calibrate measuring instruments, test equipment and analyse their performance. They ensure that the evaluated equipment meets requirements for precision, performance and accuracy. They report about their work and advise on technical matters concerning measuring instruments.

Also known as metrology technologist, metrologist, senior metrology technician, composite technician, instrument specialist, metrology engineering technician, meter technician, instrument technician, meter service technician, junior metrology technician, dimensional engineer, metrology calibration technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 30 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: metrologist, 36%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
metrologist 36% covered non-destructive testing speci… 25% covered zoology technician 23% covered calibration technician 23% covered bacteriology technician 23% covered metrology technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from metrology 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 metrology technician 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

A metrology technician needs 17 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
  • order equipment communication, collaboration and creativity
  • contact scientists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • write calibration report communication, collaboration and creativity
  • calibrate precision instrument working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • instrumentation engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • metrology education
  • maintain technical equipment information skills
  • write technical reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • operate scientific measuring equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • analyse test data information skills
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Metrology 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 metrology 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.