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Where a technical sales representative in machinery and industrial equipment can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a technical sales representative in machinery and industrial equipment already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Technical sales representatives in machinery and industrial equipment act for a business to sell its merchandise while providing technical insight for customers.

Also known as plant machinery sales representative, graduate technical sales engineer in machinery and industrial equipment, trainee technical sales engineer in machinery and industrial equipment, senior technical sales representative in machinery and industrial equipment, technical salespeople in machinery and industrial equipment, technical salesman in industrial equipment, mechanical equipment sales representative, machinery and industrial equipment salesperson, technical saleswoman in industrial equipment, technical saleswoman in machinery and industrial equipment, senior technical sales engineer in machinery and industrial equipment, technical salesman in machinery and industrial equipment.

Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: technical sales representative, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
technical sales representative 78% covered advertising sales agent 63% covered after-sales service technician 56% covered commercial sales representati… 51% covered rental service representative… 39% covered technical sales represent… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from technical sales representative in machinery and industrial equipment, 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 technical sales representative in machinery and industrial equipment 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.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A technical sales representative in machinery and industrial equipment needs 33 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
  • capital goods industry business, administration and law
  • demonstrate motivation for sales management skills
  • machinery products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • types of aircraft engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • keep records on sales information skills
  • industrial tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • implement customer follow-up communication, collaboration and creativity
  • contact customers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • keep records of customer interaction information skills
  • record customers' personal data information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a technical sales representative in machinery and industrial equipment does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Technical sales representative in machinery and industrial equipment is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 technical sales representative in machinery and industrial equipment’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.