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Where a printed circuit board designer can go next

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

Printed circuit board designers diagram and design the construction of circuit boards. They envision the logical placing of conductive tracks, coppers, and pin pads in the board. They use computer programmes and specialised software for the designs.

Highest coverage recorded: 56%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 3difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 29required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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printed circuit board designer 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a printed circuit board designer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.