automation engineertoautomation engineering technician
A automation engineer already meets 67% of what the automation engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
67%
42.8/ 100
1 Share of the automation engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the automation engineer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A automation engineering technician role treats 23 of its required skills as things a automation engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adjust engineering designs
- assemble mechatronic units
- assemble sensors
- automatic control system
- automation technology
- computer engineering
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 36 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A automation engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a automation engineer background worth leading with.
- already held maintain control systems for automated equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held marine technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held assemble hardware components working with computers
- already held automatic control system information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held assemble sensors handling and moving
- already held follow standards for machinery safety assisting and caring
All 36 carried skills, including the 23 the automation engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held interpret circuit diagrams required
- required, not held inspect quality of products required
- required, not held read engineering drawings required
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- required, not held align components required
- required, not held assemble machines required
- required, not held fasten components required
- required, not held assist scientific research required
- required, not held liaise with engineers required
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held integrate new products in manufacturing optional
- optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
- optional, not held write technical reports optional
- required, not held set up machine controls required
- optional, not held customise software for drive system optional
- optional, not held program a CNC controller optional
- required, not held microprocessors required
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held programmable logic controller optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a automation engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 interpret circuit diagrams skill · sector specific
- 02 align components skill · cross sector
- 03 assemble machines skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 36 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held assemble mechatronic units skill
- already held assemble sensors skill
- already held automatic control system knowledge
- already held automation technology knowledge
- already held computer engineering knowledge
- already held control engineering knowledge
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held electrical engineering knowledge
- already held install automation components skill
- already held install mechatronic equipment skill
- already held maintain robotic equipment skill
- already held mechanical engineering knowledge
- already held mechatronics knowledge
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held prepare production prototypes skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held record test data skill
- already held robotic components knowledge
- already held robotics knowledge
- already held test mechatronic units skill
- already held test sensors skill
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held assemble hardware components skill
- already held firmware knowledge
- already held follow standards for machinery safety skill
- already held guidance, navigation and control knowledge
- already held install software skill
- already held maintain control systems for automated equipment skill
- already held marine technology knowledge
- already held program firmware skill
- already held replace machines skill
- already held sensors knowledge
- already held set up automotive robot skill
- already held use CAM software skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
- optional, not held provide power connection from bus bars optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held provide power connection from bus bars optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held customise software for drive system optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
- optional, not held integrate new products in manufacturing optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held program a CNC controller optional
- optional, not held programmable logic controller optional
- optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
- optional, not held write technical reports optional
73 held skills the automation engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role apply blended learning skill
- not needed by the target role apply for research funding skill
- not needed by the target role apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities skill
- not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with a non-scientific audience skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role conduct literature research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
- not needed by the target role conduct research across disciplines skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate engineering teams skill
- not needed by the target role create technical plans skill
- not needed by the target role define manufacturing quality criteria skill
- not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate disciplinary expertise skill
- not needed by the target role design automation components skill
- not needed by the target role design firmware skill
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role develop electronic test procedures skill
- not needed by the target role develop mechatronic test procedures skill
- not needed by the target role develop product design skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network with researchers and scientists skill
- not needed by the target role disseminate results to the scientific community skill
- not needed by the target role draft bill of materials skill
- not needed by the target role draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation skill
- not needed by the target role electromechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate research activities skill
- not needed by the target role examine engineering principles skill
- not needed by the target role gather technical information skill
- not needed by the target role increase the impact of science on policy and society skill
- not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role integrate gender dimension in research skill
- not needed by the target role interact professionally in research and professional environments skill
- not needed by the target role maintain safe engineering watches skill
- not needed by the target role manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data skill
- not needed by the target role manage intellectual property rights skill
33 further entries not listed here
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held microprocessors required
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held programmable logic controller optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.