medical device engineering techniciantopneumatic systems technician
A medical device engineering technician already meets 75% of what the pneumatic systems technician role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
75%
24.3/ 100
1 Share of the pneumatic systems technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the medical device 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 pneumatic systems technician role treats 10 of its required skills as things a medical device engineering technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- consult technical resources
- install electrical and electronic equipment
- install pneumatic systems
- mechanics
- operate soldering equipment
- perform test run
What stands in the way is 2 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pneumatic systems technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a medical device engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held install pneumatic systems constructing
- already held prepare compliance documents information skills
- already held pneumatics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment constructing
- already held install electrical and electronic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 20 carried skills, including the 10 the pneumatic systems technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 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.
- required, not held secure working area required
- required, not held read standard blueprints required
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held replace defect components optional
- optional, not held troubleshoot optional
- optional, not held control air flow optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a pneumatic systems technician 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 · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- already held install pneumatic systems skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held operate soldering equipment skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held pneumatics knowledge
- already held record test data skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held conduct routine machinery checks skill
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held operate welding equipment skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment skill
- already held prepare compliance documents skill
- already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
- already held write records for repairs skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held solve technical problems optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held control air flow optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held replace defect components optional
- optional, not held solve technical problems optional
- optional, not held troubleshoot optional
59 held skills the pneumatic systems technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role advise on medical device features skill
- not needed by the target role advise on safety improvements skill
- not needed by the target role align components skill
- not needed by the target role apply soldering techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assemble machines skill
- not needed by the target role assist scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role biomedical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role biomedical science knowledge
- not needed by the target role biomedical techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role biotechnology knowledge
- not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role diagnostic radiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering 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 electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role fasten components skill
- not needed by the target role finish medical devices skill
- not needed by the target role firmware knowledge
- not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydraulics knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
- not needed by the target role integrate new products in manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role maintain medical devices skill
- not needed by the target role manage inspections of equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manipulate medical devices materials skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture medical devices skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechatronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical device regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical device test procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical devices knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical devices materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical imaging technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor machine operations skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate sales contracts skill
19 further entries not listed here
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
Other moves recorded from medical device engineering technician
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- agricultural machinery technician 67% covered · moderate
- industrial machinery mechanic 65% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from medical device 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.