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Where a robotics engineering technician can go next

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

Robotics engineering technicians collaborate with engineers in the development of robotic devices and applications through a combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, and computer engineering. Robotics engineering technicians build, test, install and calibrate robotic equipment.

Also known as robotics engineering technologist, robot technician, technician in robotic systems, robot technologist, automation control engineering inspector, robotics inspector, technologist in robotics, robotics technician, robot engineering inspector, automation engineering inspector, robot engineering technologist, robotic systems technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 63 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: mechatronics engineering technician, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from robotics engineering 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 robotics engineering technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

microelectronics engineering technician 46% covered · difficulty 61.3

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A robotics engineering technician needs 29 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

assemble robots handling and moving
develop computer vision system working with computers
automatic control system information and communication technologies (icts)
follow standards for machinery safety assisting and caring
test mechatronic units constructing
robotic components engineering, manufacturing and construction
set up automotive robot working with computers
control engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
set up machine controls working with computers
robotics engineering, manufacturing and construction

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Robotics engineering 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 robotics engineering 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.