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Where a theme park technician can go next

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

Theme park technicians work to maintain and repair amusement park attractions. They need a strong technical knowledge and have specialised knowledge of the rides they are assigned to maintain. Theme park technicians usually keep records of the maintenance and repairs performed as well as uptime and downtime for each serviced attraction. Attention to safety is especially important in the maintenance and repair of amusement park rides.

Also known as aquatic technician, ride maintenance engineer, engineering supervisor, ride mechanical engineer.

Craft and related trades workers 17 skills on file 3 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: attraction operator, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

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

The 3 nearest destinations from theme park 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 theme park technician already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

attraction operator 69% covered · difficulty 28.8

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 theme park technician needs 13 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

check ride communications constructing
check ride safety restraints information skills
maintain ride parts inventory information skills
amusement park emergency procedures services
maintain amusement park attractions constructing
monitor amusement park safety information skills
maintain electronic systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
ensure health and safety of staff assisting and caring
ensure health and safety of visitors assisting and caring
mechanical components of vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Theme park technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 theme park 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.