Smart home engineer to smart home installer
A smart home engineer already meets 36% of what the smart home installer role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
66.4/ 100
1 How much of what a smart home installer is expected to do is already part of a smart home 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 smart home installer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A smart home installer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a smart home engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- Internet of Things
- alarm systems
- assess integrated domotics systems
- building automation
- building systems monitoring technology
- domotic systems
What stands in the way is 17 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A smart home installer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a smart home engineer background worth leading with.
- already held alarm systems services
- already held domotic systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held types of alarm systems services
- already held assess integrated domotics systems information skills
- already held building automation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held building systems monitoring technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the smart home installer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 8 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 electrical household appliances products required
- still to learn electrical wiring plans required
- still to learn electricity required
- still to learn mechanical systems required
- still to learn solar products required
- optional, not held electronic locks optional
- still to learn advise customers on smart homes technology required
- still to learn install lighting required
- still to learn maintain customer service required
- still to learn install electric switches required
- still to learn install electrical and electronic equipment required
- still to learn install electrical household appliances required
- still to learn install smart devices required
- still to learn inspect electrical supplies required
- optional, not held install plumbing systems optional
- still to learn follow health and safety procedures in construction required
- still to learn provide door security required
- still to learn cameras required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a smart home installer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise customers on smart homes technology practise this
- 02 electrical household appliances products study this
- 03 install lighting 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held Internet of Things knowledge
- already held alarm systems knowledge
- already held assess integrated domotics systems skill
- already held building automation knowledge
- already held building systems monitoring technology knowledge
- already held domotic systems knowledge
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held sensors knowledge
- already held smart grids systems knowledge
- already held types of alarm systems knowledge
- already held artificial lighting systems knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn read standard blueprints required
- optional, not held program home alarm systems optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held electronic locks optional
- optional, not held program home alarm systems optional
- optional, not held install plumbing systems optional
33 held skills the smart home installer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role C# knowledge
- not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
- not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
- not needed by the target role SketchBook Pro knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role building information modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role computer engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role create CAD drawings skill
- not needed by the target role design a domotic system in buildings skill
- not needed by the target role design application interfaces skill
- not needed by the target role design electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role design electronic systems skill
- not needed by the target role develop energy saving concepts skill
- not needed by the target role develop software prototype skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity consumption knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role instruct on energy saving technologies skill
- not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role programmable logic controller knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide ICT system training skill
- not needed by the target role provide advice to hatcheries skill
- not needed by the target role select sustainable technologies in design skill
- not needed by the target role support ICT system users skill
- not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
7 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 electrical household appliances products required
- still to learn cameras required
- still to learn electrical wiring plans required
- still to learn electricity required
- still to learn mechanical systems required
- still to learn solar products required
- optional, not held electronic locks optional
Other moves recorded from smart home engineer
Common questions about this move
Can a smart home engineer become a smart home installer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A smart home engineer already covers 36% of what a smart home installer is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 10 of which the smart home installer role treats as required.
What skills does a smart home engineer need to become a smart home installer?
17 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is advise customers on smart homes technology.
How hard is the move from smart home engineer to smart home installer?
Its learning distance is 66.4 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.