automation engineering techniciantomechatronics engineering technician
A automation engineering technician already meets 79% of what the mechatronics engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
79%
30.1/ 100
1 Share of the mechatronics engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the automation engineering technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A mechatronics engineering technician role treats 24 of its required skills as things a automation engineering technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adjust engineering designs
- align components
- assemble mechatronic units
- assist scientific research
- automation technology
- computer engineering
What stands in the way is 4 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 46 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mechatronics engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a automation engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held customise software for drive system working with computers
- already held maintain control systems for automated equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- 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
All 46 carried skills, including the 24 the mechatronics engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held electronics required
- optional, not held consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held micromechatronic engineering optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held hydraulics optional
- optional, not held optical engineering optional
- optional, not held optoelectronic devices optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
- optional, not held telecommunications engineering optional
- required, not held read assembly drawings required
- optional, not held keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes optional
- optional, not held examine engineering principles optional
- required, not held physics required
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
- required, not held simulate mechatronic design concepts required
- optional, not held calibrate mechatronic instruments optional
- optional, not held maintain mechatronic equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mechatronics engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 simulate mechatronic design concepts skill · sector specific
- 02 electronics knowledge · cross sector
- 03 physics knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 46 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 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 follow standards for machinery safety skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held install mechatronic equipment skill
- already held interpret circuit diagrams skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held mechanical engineering knowledge
- already held mechatronics knowledge
- already held perform test run skill
- already held prepare production prototypes skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held robotics knowledge
- already held test mechatronic units skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held assemble hardware components skill
- already held assemble machines skill
- already held automatic control system knowledge
- already held customise software for drive system skill
- already held install automation components skill
- already held install software skill
- already held integrate new products in manufacturing skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held maintain control systems for automated equipment skill
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held program a CNC controller 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 set up automotive robot skill
- already held set up machine controls skill
- already held use CAM software skill
- already held write technical reports skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held calibrate mechatronic instruments optional
- optional, not held consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes optional
- optional, not held maintain mechatronic equipment optional
- optional, not held micromechatronic engineering optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held examine engineering principles optional
- optional, not held hydraulics optional
- optional, not held optical engineering optional
- optional, not held optoelectronic devices optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
- optional, not held telecommunications engineering optional
11 held skills the mechatronics engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assemble sensors skill
- not needed by the target role firmware knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role guidance, navigation and control knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain robotic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role marine technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role microprocessors knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide power connection from bus bars skill
- not needed by the target role robotic components knowledge
- not needed by the target role sensors knowledge
- not needed by the target role test sensors skill
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held physics required
- optional, not held consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held micromechatronic engineering optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held hydraulics optional
- optional, not held optical engineering optional
- optional, not held optoelectronic devices optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
- optional, not held telecommunications engineering optional
Other moves recorded from automation engineering technician
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.