Avionics technician to pneumatic engineering technician
An avionics technician already meets 51% of what the pneumatic engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
45.2/ 100
1 How much of what a pneumatic engineering technician is expected to do is already part of an avionics 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 pneumatic engineering technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A pneumatic engineering technician role treats 7 of its required skills as things an avionics technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- CAE software
- adjust engineering designs
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- liaise with engineers
- read engineering drawings
What stands in the way is 5 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pneumatic engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an avionics technician background worth leading with.
- already held operate soldering equipment constructing
- already held CAE software information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held use testing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held CAD software information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held liaise with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held read engineering drawings information skills
All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the pneumatic engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 7 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 perform maintenance on installed equipment required
- optional, not held control air flow optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held perform test run optional
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
- still to learn pneumatics required
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- still to learn record test data required
- still to learn conduct routine machinery checks required
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held secure working area optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pneumatic engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 conduct routine machinery checks practise this
- 02 create solutions to problems practise this
- 03 perform maintenance on installed equipment practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held operate soldering equipment skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held control air flow optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held perform test run optional
- optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
- optional, not held secure working area optional
23 held skills the pneumatic engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CADD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role apply soldering techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assemble electrical components skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
- not needed by the target role install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role solder electronics skill
- not needed by the target role test electronic units skill
- not needed by the target role use CADD software skill
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
4 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 pneumatics required
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
Common questions about this move
Can an avionics technician become a pneumatic engineering technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An avionics technician already covers 51% of what a pneumatic engineering technician is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 7 of which the pneumatic engineering technician role treats as required.
What skills does an avionics technician need to become a pneumatic engineering technician?
5 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by constructing. The single most important is conduct routine machinery checks.
How hard is the move from avionics technician to pneumatic engineering technician?
Its learning distance is 45.2 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.