Automation engineering technician to robotics engineering technician
An automation engineering technician already meets 69% of what the robotics engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
40.4/ 100
1 How much of what a robotics engineering technician is expected to do is already part of an automation engineering technician’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the robotics engineering technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A robotics engineering technician role treats 22 of its required skills as things an automation engineering technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust engineering designs
- align components
- assist scientific research
- automatic control system
- automation technology
- control engineering
What stands in the way is 7 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 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A robotics engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an automation engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held customise software for drive system working with computers
- already held programmable logic controller engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held assemble hardware components working with computers
- already held automatic control system information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held follow standards for machinery safety assisting and caring
- already held install software working with computers
All 40 carried skills, including the 22 the robotics engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn monitor machine operations required
- still to learn read assembly drawings required
- optional, not held keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes optional
- optional, not held examine engineering principles optional
- still to learn mathematics required
- still to learn physics required
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
- still to learn electronics required
- optional, not held electric drives optional
- optional, not held hydraulics optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
- optional, not held power electronics optional
- optional, not held safety engineering optional
- still to learn develop computer vision system required
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- still to learn assemble robots required
- optional, not held computer science optional
- optional, not held hybrid control systems optional
- optional, not held transmission technology optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a robotics engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble robots practise this
- 02 develop computer vision system practise this
- 03 electronics study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 40 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held align components skill
- already held assist scientific research skill
- already held automatic control system knowledge
- already held automation technology knowledge
- already held control engineering knowledge
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held electrical engineering knowledge
- already held fasten components skill
- already held follow standards for machinery safety skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held mechatronics knowledge
- already held perform test run skill
- already held prepare production prototypes skill
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held robotic components knowledge
- already held robotics knowledge
- already held set up automotive robot skill
- already held set up machine controls skill
- already held test mechatronic units skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held assemble hardware components skill
- already held assemble mechatronic units skill
- already held computer engineering knowledge
- already held customise software for drive system skill
- already held install software skill
- already held integrate new products in manufacturing skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held maintain robotic equipment skill
- already held mechanical engineering knowledge
- already held program firmware skill
- already held programmable logic controller knowledge
- already held replace machines skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held sensors knowledge
- already held use CAM software skill
- already held write technical reports skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held simulate mechatronic design concepts optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held calibrate mechatronic instruments optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held calibrate mechatronic instruments optional
- optional, not held electric drives optional
- optional, not held keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes optional
- optional, not held simulate mechatronic design concepts optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held computer science optional
- optional, not held examine engineering principles optional
- optional, not held hybrid control systems optional
- optional, not held hydraulics optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
- optional, not held power electronics optional
- optional, not held safety engineering optional
- optional, not held transmission technology optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
17 held skills the robotics engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role assemble machines skill
- not needed by the target role assemble sensors skill
- not needed by the target role firmware knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role guidance, navigation and control knowledge
- not needed by the target role install automation components skill
- not needed by the target role install mechatronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role interpret circuit diagrams skill
- not needed by the target role maintain control systems for automated equipment skill
- not needed by the target role marine technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role microprocessors knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor automated machines skill
- not needed by the target role program a CNC controller skill
- not needed by the target role provide power connection from bus bars skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role test sensors skill
12 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn electronics required
- still to learn mathematics required
- still to learn physics required
- optional, not held electric drives optional
- optional, not held computer science optional
- optional, not held hybrid control systems optional
- optional, not held hydraulics optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
- optional, not held power electronics optional
- optional, not held safety engineering optional
- optional, not held transmission technology optional
Other moves recorded from automation engineering technician
Common questions about this move
Can an automation engineering technician become a robotics engineering technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An automation engineering technician already covers 69% of what a robotics engineering technician is expected to do: 40 skills carry over, 22 of which the robotics engineering technician role treats as required.
What skills does an automation engineering technician need to become a robotics engineering technician?
7 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is assemble robots.
How hard is the move from automation engineering technician to robotics engineering technician?
Its learning distance is 40.4 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.