Smart home installer to smart home engineer
A smart home installer already meets 30% of what the smart home engineer role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.
75.2/ 100
1 How much of what a smart home engineer is expected to do is already part of a smart home installer’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 engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A smart home engineer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a smart home installer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- Internet of Things
- alarm systems
- artificial lighting systems
- assess integrated domotics systems
- building automation
- building systems monitoring technology
What stands in the way is 22 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 engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a smart home installer 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 11 the smart home engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 33 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 design a domotic system in buildings required
- still to learn design application interfaces required
- still to learn provide advice to hatcheries required
- still to learn apply technical communication skills required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn cooperate with colleagues required
- still to learn design electrical systems required
- still to learn design electronic systems required
- optional, not held instruct on energy saving technologies optional
- optional, not held provide ICT system training optional
- optional, not held select sustainable technologies in design optional
- optional, not held support ICT system users optional
- still to learn building information modelling required
- still to learn computer engineering required
- still to learn electrical engineering required
- still to learn energy conservation required
- still to learn programmable logic controller required
- still to learn technical drawings required
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held electricity consumption optional
- still to learn develop software prototype required
- still to learn create CAD drawings required
- still to learn perform ICT troubleshooting required
- still to learn cloud technologies required
- still to learn computer science required
- optional, not held C# optional
- optional, not held C++ optional
- optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
- optional, not held SketchBook Pro optional
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn develop energy saving concepts required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a smart home engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 building information modelling study this
- 02 cloud technologies study this
- 03 design a domotic system in buildings 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 artificial lighting 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
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn 3D modelling required
- optional, not held perform scientific research optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held C# optional
- optional, not held C++ optional
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
- optional, not held SketchBook Pro optional
- optional, not held instruct on energy saving technologies optional
- optional, not held provide ICT system training optional
- optional, not held select sustainable technologies in design optional
- optional, not held support ICT system users optional
- optional, not held electricity consumption optional
- optional, not held perform scientific research optional
20 held skills the smart home engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on smart homes technology skill
- not needed by the target role cameras knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical household appliances products knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic locks knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- not needed by the target role inspect electrical supplies skill
- not needed by the target role install electric switches skill
- not needed by the target role install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role install electrical household appliances skill
- not needed by the target role install lighting skill
- not needed by the target role install plumbing systems skill
- not needed by the target role install smart devices skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role program home alarm systems skill
- not needed by the target role provide door security skill
- not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role solar products knowledge
16 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 building information modelling required
- still to learn cloud technologies required
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn 3D modelling required
- still to learn computer engineering required
- still to learn computer science required
- still to learn electrical engineering required
- still to learn energy conservation required
- still to learn programmable logic controller required
- still to learn technical drawings required
- optional, not held C# optional
- optional, not held C++ optional
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
- optional, not held SketchBook Pro optional
- optional, not held electricity consumption optional
Common questions about this move
Can a smart home installer become a smart home engineer?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A smart home installer already covers 30% of what a smart home engineer is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 11 of which the smart home engineer role treats as required.
What skills does a smart home installer need to become a smart home engineer?
22 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is building information modelling.
How hard is the move from smart home installer to smart home engineer?
Its learning distance is 75.2 out of 100, which is the career change 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.