Product development engineering technician to process engineering technician
A product development engineering technician already meets 55% of what the process engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
46/ 100
1 How much of what a process engineering technician is expected to do is already part of a product development 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 process engineering technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A process engineering technician role treats 9 of its required skills as things a product development engineering technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- collaborate with engineers
- create solutions to problems
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A process engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a product development engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held assess operating cost information skills
- already held blueprints engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held use computer-aided engineering systems working with computers
- already held collaborate with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held industrial research and development engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held analyse production processes for improvement information skills
All 20 carried skills, including the 9 the process engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 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 advise on manufacturing problems required
- still to learn resolve equipment malfunctions required
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- still to learn perform maintenance on installed equipment required
- optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- still to learn identify process improvements required
- optional, not held create technical plans optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- still to learn CAE software required
- still to learn read engineering drawings required
- still to learn conduct routine machinery checks required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a process engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 identify process improvements practise this
- 02 CAE software study this
- 03 advise on manufacturing problems 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held collaborate with engineers skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held record test data skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held analyse production processes for improvement skill
- already held assess operating cost skill
- already held blueprints knowledge
- already held industrial research and development knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held perform test run skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use computer-aided engineering systems skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held secure working area optional
- optional, not held production engineering optional
- optional, not held sustainable technologies optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held production engineering optional
- optional, not held create technical plans optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held secure working area optional
- optional, not held sustainable technologies optional
14 held skills the process engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on machinery malfunctions skill
- not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of materials skill
- not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of products skill
- not needed by the target role assess integrated domotics systems skill
- not needed by the target role circular economy knowledge
- not needed by the target role collaborate with designers skill
- not needed by the target role develop product design skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
- not needed by the target role material mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan manufacturing processes skill
- not needed by the target role production processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
- not needed by the target role write stress-strain analysis reports 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 CAE software required
- optional, not held production engineering optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held sustainable technologies optional
Other moves recorded from product development engineering technician
- production engineering technician 57% covered · moderate
- industrial engineering technician 52% covered · moderate
- pneumatic engineering technician 47% covered · moderate
- mechanical engineering technician 45% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from product development engineering technician
Common questions about this move
Can a product development engineering technician become a process engineering technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A product development engineering technician already covers 55% of what a process engineering technician is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 9 of which the process engineering technician role treats as required.
What skills does a product development engineering technician need to become a process engineering technician?
7 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is identify process improvements.
How hard is the move from product development engineering technician to process engineering technician?
Its learning distance is 46 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.