Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a vehicle technician can go next

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

Vehicle technicians inspect, test and maintain vehicles, motorcycles, engine tune-ups and tyre replacements. They repair engine failures, lube replacements. Vehicle technicians replace vehicle components and evaluate warranty options.

Also known as car mechanic, automotive technician, LGV technician, truck mechanic, heavy vehicle technician, motorbike technician, light vehicle technician, bus mechanic, bus and coach technician, electric vehicle testing engineer, moped repairer, auto mechanic.

Craft and related trades workers 66 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: vehicle maintenance attendant, 68%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
vehicle maintenance attendant 68% covered roadside vehicle technician 68% covered automotive brake technician 52% covered diesel engine mechanic 52% covered vehicle maintenance supervisor 48% covered vehicle technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from vehicle 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 vehicle 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.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A vehicle technician needs 34 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
  • perform vehicle tests information skills
  • carry out repairs and maintenance of vehicle bodies working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • mechanical requirements for vehicles in urban areas engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • components of air conditioning systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • perform road testing of vehicles information skills
  • position vehicles for maintenance and repair handling and moving
  • repair vehicle electrical systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use traditional toolbox tools handling and moving
  • emission standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • hybrid vehicle architecture engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Vehicle technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a vehicle 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.