optoelectronic engineering techniciantomicrosystem engineering technician
A optoelectronic engineering technician already meets 57% of what the microsystem engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
57%
50/ 100
1 Share of the microsystem engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the optoelectronic engineering technician 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 microsystem engineering technician role treats 11 of its required skills as things a optoelectronic engineering technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adjust engineering designs
- align components
- assist scientific research
- design drawings
- fasten components
- inspect quality of products
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 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A microsystem engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a optoelectronic engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held MOEM engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held wear cleanroom suit assisting and caring
- already held firmware information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held operate precision machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held program firmware working with computers
- already held apply soldering techniques constructing
All 25 carried skills, including the 11 the microsystem engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 9 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 package microelectromechanical systems required
- required, not held assemble microelectromechanical systems required
- required, not held set tolerances required
- required, not held microelectromechanical systems required
- optional, not held surface-mount technology optional
- optional, not held precision measuring instruments optional
- optional, not held precision mechanics optional
- required, not held microsystem test procedures required
- optional, not held automatic control system optional
- required, not held quality standards required
- required, not held test microelectromechanical systems required
- required, not held read assembly drawings required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a microsystem engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 package microelectromechanical systems skill · occupation specific
- 02 assemble microelectromechanical systems skill · sector specific
- 03 microelectromechanical systems knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 25 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held align components skill
- already held assist scientific research skill
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held fasten components skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held prepare production prototypes skill
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held wear cleanroom suit skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held MOEM knowledge
- already held apply soldering techniques skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held firmware knowledge
- already held integrate new products in manufacturing skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held monitor machine operations skill
- already held operate precision machinery skill
- already held program firmware skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held use CAM software skill
- already held use precision tools skill
- already held write technical reports skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held meet deadlines required
- required, not held microassembly required
- optional, not held maintain microelectromechanical systems optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain microelectromechanical systems optional
- optional, not held surface-mount technology optional
- optional, not held automatic control system optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held precision measuring instruments optional
- optional, not held precision mechanics optional
38 held skills the microsystem engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role LED lighting components knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply optical coating skill
- not needed by the target role assemble optoelectronics skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate optical instruments skill
- not needed by the target role clean optical components skill
- not needed by the target role digital camera sensors knowledge
- not needed by the target role electromagnetic spectrum knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic equipment standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect optical supplies skill
- not needed by the target role interpret circuit diagrams skill
- not needed by the target role lasers knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain optical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role mathematical modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role microelectronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role microoptics knowledge
- not needed by the target role microprocessors knowledge
- not needed by the target role microsensors knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate optical assembly equipment skill
- not needed by the target role optical components knowledge
- not needed by the target role optical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role optical equipment standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role optical glass characteristics knowledge
- not needed by the target role optical manufacturing process knowledge
- not needed by the target role optics knowledge
- not needed by the target role optoelectronic devices knowledge
- not needed by the target role optoelectronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role optomechanical devices knowledge
- not needed by the target role printed circuit boards knowledge
- not needed by the target role quantum computing knowledge
- not needed by the target role refractive power knowledge
- not needed by the target role semiconductors knowledge
- not needed by the target role sensors knowledge
- not needed by the target role solder electronics skill
- not needed by the target role test optical components skill
- not needed by the target role test optoelectronics skill
- not needed by the target role types of optical instruments knowledge
8 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 microelectromechanical systems required
- required, not held microsystem test procedures required
- required, not held microassembly required
- required, not held quality standards required
- optional, not held surface-mount technology optional
- optional, not held automatic control system optional
- optional, not held precision measuring instruments optional
- optional, not held precision mechanics optional
Other moves recorded from optoelectronic engineering technician
- optomechanical engineering technician 76% covered · moderate
- sensor engineering technician 69% covered · moderate
- microelectronics engineering technician 68% covered · moderate
- electronics engineering technician 42% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from optoelectronic engineering technician
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.