Commissioning engineer to computer hardware test technician
A commissioning engineer already meets 30% of what the computer hardware test technician role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
72.6/ 100
1 How much of what a computer hardware test technician is expected to do is already part of a commissioning engineer’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 computer hardware test technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A computer hardware test technician role treats 9 of its required skills as things a commissioning engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse test data
- conduct quality control analysis
- ensure conformity to specifications
- hardware testing methods
- quality assurance procedures
- quality standards
What stands in the way is 15 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A computer hardware test technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a commissioning engineer background worth leading with.
- already held hardware testing methods information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held check system parameters against reference values information skills
- already held conduct quality control analysis information skills
- already held ensure conformity to specifications assisting and caring
- already held quality assurance procedures business, administration and law
- already held analyse test data information skills
All 10 carried skills, including the 9 the computer hardware test technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 35 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 interpret circuit diagrams required
- still to learn inspect quality of products required
- still to learn measure electrical characteristics required
- still to learn read assembly drawings required
- still to learn read engineering drawings required
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- still to learn hardware architectures required
- still to learn electrical discharge required
- still to learn electronic equipment standards required
- still to learn instrument performance elements required
- optional, not held consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held microelectronics optional
- still to learn hardware materials required
- still to learn hardware platforms required
- still to learn hardware components required
- optional, not held printed circuit boards testing methods optional
- still to learn test hardware required
- optional, not held test wireless devices optional
- optional, not held perform in-circuit test optional
- optional, not held test printed circuit boards optional
- optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
- optional, not held perform test run optional
- still to learn communicate test results to other departments required
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held research equipment needs optional
- optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
- optional, not held write inspection reports optional
- still to learn meet deadlines required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a computer hardware test technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 hardware architectures study this
- 02 hardware materials study this
- 03 hardware platforms 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held conduct quality control analysis skill
- already held ensure conformity to specifications skill
- already held hardware testing methods knowledge
- already held quality assurance procedures knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held use measurement instruments skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
- already held check system parameters against reference values skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held remove defective products optional
- optional, not held send faulty equipment back to assembly line optional
- optional, not held calibrate electronic instruments optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held waste removal regulations optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held test wireless devices optional
- optional, not held consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held perform in-circuit test optional
- optional, not held test printed circuit boards optional
- optional, not held waste removal regulations optional
- optional, not held calibrate electronic instruments optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held microelectronics optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held perform test run optional
- optional, not held printed circuit boards testing methods optional
- optional, not held remove defective products optional
- optional, not held research equipment needs optional
- optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
- optional, not held send faulty equipment back to assembly line optional
- optional, not held write inspection reports optional
23 held skills the computer hardware test technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
- not needed by the target role ensure fulfilment of legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
- not needed by the target role fossil-fuel power plant operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role geothermal power plant operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with quality assurance skill
- not needed by the target role maintain nuclear reactors skill
- not needed by the target role monitor nuclear power plant systems skill
- not needed by the target role nuclear energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role power plant instrumentation knowledge
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role project commissioning knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role record test data skill
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role test materials skill
- not needed by the target role test performance of power plants skill
- not needed by the target role test procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role test sensors skill
- not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
13 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 hardware architectures required
- still to learn hardware materials required
- still to learn hardware platforms required
- still to learn electrical discharge required
- still to learn electronic equipment standards required
- still to learn hardware components required
- still to learn instrument performance elements required
- optional, not held consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held waste removal regulations optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held microelectronics optional
- optional, not held printed circuit boards testing methods optional
Other moves recorded from commissioning engineer
Common questions about this move
Can a commissioning engineer become a computer hardware test technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A commissioning engineer already covers 30% of what a computer hardware test technician is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 9 of which the computer hardware test technician role treats as required.
What skills does a commissioning engineer need to become a computer hardware test technician?
15 required skills are missing, plus 20 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is hardware architectures.
How hard is the move from commissioning engineer to computer hardware test technician?
Its learning distance is 72.6 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.