Where a printed circuit board test technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a printed circuit board test technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Printed circuit board test technicians inspect and test printed circuit boards. They perform a range of printed circuit board testing procedures and may perform minor repairs.
Also known as PCB test operator, printed circuit board test operator, test technician for printed circuit boards, test technician for PCBs, printed circuit board tester, PCB tester, PCB inspection technician, printed circuit board inspection technician, PCB test technician.
Craft and related trades workers 48 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: electronic equipment inspector, 62%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- electronic equipment inspector 62% covered · difficulty 41.1
- precision device inspector 62% covered · difficulty 40.7
- computer hardware test technician 61% covered · difficulty 45.4
- surface-mount technology machine operator 55% covered · difficulty 49.4
- wave soldering machine operator 54% covered · difficulty 49.5
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A printed circuit board test technician needs 26 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- in-circuit test engineering, manufacturing and construction
- perform in-circuit test constructing
- printed circuit boards testing methods information and communication technologies (icts)
- test printed circuit boards constructing
- process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006 assisting and caring
- check for solder defects constructing
- ensure material compliance information skills
- instrument performance elements engineering, manufacturing and construction
- printed circuit boards information and communication technologies (icts)
- abide by regulations on banned materials assisting and caring
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a printed circuit board test technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- computer hardware test technician 63% covered · difficulty 45.7
- automated optical inspection operator 62% covered · difficulty 46.3
- electronic equipment inspector 51% covered · difficulty 57
- precision device inspector 50% covered · difficulty 57.7
- wave soldering machine operator 39% covered · difficulty 66.2
- printed circuit board assembler 37% covered · difficulty 68
- surface-mount technology machine operator 36% covered · difficulty 68.9
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a printed circuit board test 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.