Robotics engineering technician to automation engineering technician
A robotics engineering technician already meets 71% of what the automation engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
39.4/ 100
1 How much of what an automation engineering technician is expected to do is already part of a robotics 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 automation engineering technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An automation engineering technician role treats 24 of its required skills as things a robotics engineering technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust engineering designs
- align components
- assemble mechatronic units
- assist scientific research
- automatic control system
- automation technology
What stands in the way is 9 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 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An automation engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a robotics engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held customise software for drive system working with computers
- already held programmable logic controller engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held assemble hardware components working with computers
- already held automatic control system information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held follow standards for machinery safety assisting and caring
- already held install software working with computers
All 40 carried skills, including the 24 the automation 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 install mechatronic equipment required
- still to learn monitor automated machines required
- optional, not held maintain control systems for automated equipment optional
- optional, not held provide power connection from bus bars optional
- still to learn assemble sensors required
- still to learn assemble machines required
- still to learn microprocessors required
- optional, not held CAE software optional
- optional, not held firmware optional
- still to learn install automation components required
- optional, not held program a CNC controller optional
- still to learn quality standards required
- still to learn test sensors required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an automation engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble sensors practise this
- 02 install automation components practise this
- 03 install mechatronic 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 40 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held align components skill
- already held assemble mechatronic units skill
- already held assist scientific research skill
- already held automatic control system knowledge
- already held automation technology knowledge
- already held computer engineering knowledge
- already held control engineering knowledge
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held electrical engineering knowledge
- already held fasten components skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held maintain robotic equipment skill
- already held mechanical engineering knowledge
- already held mechatronics knowledge
- already held perform test run skill
- already held prepare production prototypes skill
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held robotic components knowledge
- already held robotics knowledge
- already held set up machine controls skill
- already held test mechatronic units skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held assemble hardware components skill
- already held customise software for drive system skill
- already held follow standards for machinery safety skill
- already held install software skill
- already held integrate new products in manufacturing skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held program firmware skill
- already held programmable logic controller knowledge
- already held replace machines skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held sensors knowledge
- already held set up automotive robot skill
- already held use CAM software skill
- already held write technical reports skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn interpret circuit diagrams required
- optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
- optional, not held marine technology optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
- optional, not held maintain control systems for automated equipment optional
- optional, not held provide power connection from bus bars optional
- optional, not held CAE software optional
- optional, not held firmware optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
- optional, not held marine technology optional
- optional, not held program a CNC controller optional
23 held skills the automation engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assemble robots skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate mechatronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop computer vision system skill
- not needed by the target role electric drives knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role examine engineering principles skill
- not needed by the target role hybrid control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydraulics knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor machine operations skill
- not needed by the target role optoelectronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role pneumatics knowledge
- not needed by the target role power electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role read assembly drawings skill
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role simulate mechatronic design concepts skill
- not needed by the target role transmission technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
6 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 microprocessors required
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
- optional, not held CAE software optional
- optional, not held firmware optional
- optional, not held marine technology optional
Other moves recorded from robotics engineering technician
Common questions about this move
Can a robotics engineering technician become an automation engineering technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A robotics engineering technician already covers 71% of what an automation engineering technician is expected to do: 40 skills carry over, 24 of which the automation engineering technician role treats as required.
What skills does a robotics engineering technician need to become an automation engineering technician?
9 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is assemble sensors.
How hard is the move from robotics engineering technician to automation engineering technician?
Its learning distance is 39.4 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.