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Where a microelectronics maintenance technician can go next

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

Microelectronics maintenance technicians are responsible for carrying out preventive and corrective activities and troubleshooting of microelectronic systems and devices. They diagnose and detect malfunctions in microelectronic systems, products, and components and remove, replace, or repair these components when necessary. They execute preventative equipment maintenance tasks.

Also known as microelectronics maintenance and repair technician, industrial maintenance technician, microelectronic devices maintenance technician, maintenance and repair technician, microelectronic systems maintenance technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 26 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: gas processing plant control room operator, 28%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
gas processing plant control … 28% covered oil refinery control room ope… 28% covered mine control room operator 25% covered aircraft de-icer installer 22% covered microelectronics engineering … 22% covered microelectronics maintena… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from microelectronics maintenance 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 microelectronics maintenance 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 microelectronics maintenance technician needs 22 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
  • maintain microelectronics working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • test microelectronics constructing
  • solder components onto electronic board constructing
  • surface-mount technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • microassembly natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • CAM software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity
  • integrated circuits engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • microelectronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • robotics engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Microelectronics maintenance 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 microelectronics maintenance 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.