Where a precision device inspector can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a precision device inspector already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Precision device inspectors make sure precision devices, such as micrometers and gauges, operate according to design specifications. They may adjust the precision devices and their components in case of any faults.
Also known as precision device quality control supervisor, precision device quality assurance supervisor, precision instrument quality control inspector, precision instrument inspector, precision instrument supervisor, precision device QC inspector, inspector of precision devices, inspector of precision instruments, precision device quality control inspector, precision instrument QC inspector.
Craft and related trades workers 43 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: automated optical inspection operator, 63%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A precision device inspector 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.
- precision engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- precision measuring instruments engineering, manufacturing and construction
- communicate test results to other departments communication, collaboration and creativity
- precision mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- conduct quality control analysis information skills
- read assembly drawings information skills
- ensure conformity to specifications assisting and caring
- monitor machine operations information skills
- quality assurance procedures business, administration and law
- report defective manufacturing materials information skills
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a precision device inspector does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- printed circuit board test technician 62% covered · difficulty 40.7
- computer hardware test technician 56% covered · difficulty 45.7
- automated optical inspection operator 53% covered · difficulty 48.1
- calibration technician 51% covered · difficulty 51
- precision instrument assembler 47% covered · difficulty 53.8
- mechatronics assembler 46% covered · difficulty 54.5
- wave soldering machine operator 31% covered · difficulty 67.3
- commissioning technician 29% covered · difficulty 68.6
- commissioning engineer 26% covered · difficulty 71
- clock and watchmaker 20% covered · difficulty 76.2
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Precision device inspector is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 precision device inspector’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.