Instrumentation engineer to equipment engineer
An instrumentation engineer already meets 48% of what the equipment engineer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
52.8/ 100
1 How much of what an equipment engineer is expected to do is already part of an instrumentation 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 equipment engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An equipment engineer role treats 8 of its required skills as things an instrumentation engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess financial viability
- engineering principles
- execute feasibility study
- manufacturing processes
- mathematics
- perform scientific research
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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An equipment engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an instrumentation engineer background worth leading with.
- already held product data management business, administration and law
- already held execute feasibility study information skills
- already held design principles arts and humanities
- already held assess financial viability information skills
- already held design prototypes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse production processes for improvement information skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 8 the equipment engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 5 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 engineering processes required
- still to learn production processes required
- still to learn technical drawings required
- optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held robotic components optional
- optional, not held robotics optional
- still to learn define technical requirements required
- still to learn manage engineering project required
- optional, not held apply advanced manufacturing optional
- optional, not held control production optional
- optional, not held manage product testing optional
- still to learn interpret technical requirements required
- still to learn execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- optional, not held analyse test data optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
- optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an equipment engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 engineering processes study this
- 02 interpret technical requirements practise this
- 03 define technical requirements 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held assess financial viability skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held execute feasibility study skill
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held analyse production processes for improvement skill
- already held design principles knowledge
- already held design prototypes skill
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held product data management knowledge
- already held record test data skill
- already held use CAD software skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held analyse test data optional
- optional, not held apply advanced manufacturing optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held control production optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held manage product testing optional
- optional, not held robotic components optional
- optional, not held robotics optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
51 held skills the equipment engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role abide by regulations on banned materials skill
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
- not needed by the target role assemble instrumentation equipment skill
- not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out work-related measurements skill
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
- not needed by the target role control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role create software design skill
- not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
- not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
- not needed by the target role define quality standards skill
- not needed by the target role design control systems skill
- not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role design microelectromechanical systems skill
- not needed by the target role develop instrumentation systems skill
- not needed by the target role develop test procedures skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering control theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect offshore constructions skill
- not needed by the target role instrumentation engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role instrumentation equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage instrumentation systems skill
- not needed by the target role manage system testing skill
- not needed by the target role marine engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role marine technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role nuclear energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role offshore constructions and facilities knowledge
- not needed by the target role offshore renewable energy technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role oversee pre-assembly operations skill
- not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
11 further entries not listed here
9 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 engineering processes required
- still to learn production processes required
- still to learn technical drawings required
- optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held robotic components optional
- optional, not held robotics optional
Other moves recorded from instrumentation engineer
Common questions about this move
Can an instrumentation engineer become an equipment engineer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An instrumentation engineer already covers 48% of what an equipment engineer is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 8 of which the equipment engineer role treats as required.
What skills does an instrumentation engineer need to become an equipment engineer?
7 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is engineering processes.
How hard is the move from instrumentation engineer to equipment engineer?
Its learning distance is 52.8 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.