Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

integrated circuit design engineertoprinted circuit board designer

A integrated circuit design engineer already meets 56% of what the printed circuit board designer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From integrated circuit design engineer
56%
Overlap1
To printed circuit board designer
16 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
43.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

56%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.3/ 100

1 Share of the printed circuit board designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the integrated circuit design engineer 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

Why this move works

A printed circuit board designer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a integrated circuit design engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • CAD software
  • create technical plans
  • design drawings
  • electricity
  • electronics
  • mathematics

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A printed circuit board designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a integrated circuit design engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use manual draughting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held plan manufacturing processes management skills
  • already held develop assembly instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held draw blueprints communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create a product's virtual model communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create technical plans management skills

All 16 carried skills, including the 8 the printed circuit board designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 8 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held design circuit boards required
  • required, not held draft design specifications required
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held interpret circuit diagrams required
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • optional, not held monitor manufacturing quality standards optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held printed circuit boards required
  • optional, not held CADD software optional
04 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held test printed circuit boards required
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manual draughting techniques optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a printed circuit board designer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held CAD software knowledge
  • already held create technical plans skill
  • already held design drawings knowledge
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held create a product's virtual model skill
  • already held design prototypes skill
  • already held develop assembly instructions skill
  • already held draw blueprints skill
  • already held electrical engineering knowledge
  • already held manufacturing processes knowledge
  • already held plan manufacturing processes skill
  • already held use manual draughting techniques skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use CADD software optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held CADD software optional
  • optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
  • optional, not held manual draughting techniques optional
  • optional, not held monitor manufacturing quality standards optional
  • optional, not held use CADD software optional
20 held skills the printed circuit board designer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role LED lighting components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role battery management systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role customise drafts skill
  • not needed by the target role design electronic systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design integrated circuits skill
  • not needed by the target role draft bill of materials skill
  • not needed by the target role electronic components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronic equipment standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role integrated circuit types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role integrated circuits knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor system performance skill
  • not needed by the target role review drafts skill
  • not needed by the target role semiconductors knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test electronic units skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held printed circuit boards required
  • optional, not held CADD software optional
  • optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
  • optional, not held manual draughting techniques optional
Index

Other moves recorded from integrated circuit design engineer

Full index of moves from integrated circuit design engineer

Note

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.