Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a automation engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a automation engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Automation engineers research, design, and develop applications and systems for the automation of the production process. They implement technology and reduce, whenever applicable, human input to reach the full potential of industrial robotics. Automation engineers oversee the process and ensure all systems run safely and smoothly.

Highest coverage recorded
76%
Destinations
5each with a full record
Within reach
5difficulty under 55
Skills on file
109required or supplementary
Table 1
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automation engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a automation engineer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.