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

printed circuit board test techniciantoprecision device inspector

A printed circuit board test technician already meets 62% of what the precision device inspector role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From printed circuit board test technician
62%
Overlap1
To precision device inspector
24 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
40.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

62%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

40.7/ 100

1 Share of the precision device inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the printed circuit board test 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

Why this move works

A precision device inspector role treats 10 of its required skills as things a printed circuit board test technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate test results to other departments
  • ensure conformity to specifications
  • meet deadlines
  • monitor machine operations
  • quality assurance procedures
  • quality standards

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A precision device inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a printed circuit board test technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held research equipment needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held instrument performance elements engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held waste removal regulations services
  • already held communicate test results to other departments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held measure electrical characteristics information skills
  • already held microelectronics engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 24 carried skills, including the 10 the precision device inspector role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 6 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held precision engineering required
  • required, not held precision measuring instruments required
  • required, not held precision mechanics required
  • optional, not held MOEM optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held microelectromechanical systems optional
  • optional, not held micromechatronic engineering optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held micromechanics optional
02 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct quality control analysis required
  • optional, not held check system parameters against reference values optional
  • optional, not held interpret electrical diagrams optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held calibrate electronic instruments optional
  • optional, not held calibrate precision instrument optional
  • optional, not held operate precision machinery optional
  • optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
04 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use precision tools optional
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held microprocessors optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held microoptics optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a precision device inspector 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 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate test results to other departments skill
  • already held ensure conformity to specifications skill
  • already held meet deadlines skill
  • already held monitor machine operations skill
  • already held quality assurance procedures knowledge
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held read assembly drawings skill
  • already held read standard blueprints skill
  • already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held instrument performance elements knowledge
  • already held interpret circuit diagrams skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held maintain test equipment skill
  • already held measure electrical characteristics skill
  • already held microelectronics knowledge
  • already held remove defective products skill
  • already held research equipment needs skill
  • already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
  • already held send faulty equipment back to assembly line skill
  • already held waste removal regulations knowledge
  • already held write inspection reports skill
  • already held write records for repairs skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held MOEM optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held microelectromechanical systems optional
  • optional, not held micromechatronic engineering optional
  • optional, not held microoptics optional
  • optional, not held calibrate electronic instruments optional
  • optional, not held calibrate precision instrument optional
  • optional, not held check system parameters against reference values optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held interpret electrical diagrams optional
  • optional, not held micromechanics optional
  • optional, not held microprocessors optional
  • optional, not held operate precision machinery optional
  • optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
  • optional, not held use precision tools optional
24 held skills the precision device inspector role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role IPC standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role abide by regulations on banned materials skill
  • not needed by the target role apply soldering techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role automated optical inspection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role check for solder defects skill
  • not needed by the target role electronic equipment standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure material compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role hardware testing methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role in-circuit test knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
  • not needed by the target role integrated circuits knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role operate automated optical inspection machine skill
  • not needed by the target role perform in-circuit test skill
  • not needed by the target role perform test run skill
  • not needed by the target role printed circuit boards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role printed circuit boards testing methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006 skill
  • not needed by the target role semiconductors knowledge
  • not needed by the target role surface-mount technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test hardware skill
  • not needed by the target role test printed circuit boards skill
  • not needed by the target role through-hole technology knowledge
11 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 precision engineering required
  • required, not held precision measuring instruments required
  • required, not held precision mechanics required
  • optional, not held MOEM optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held microelectromechanical systems optional
  • optional, not held micromechatronic engineering optional
  • optional, not held microoptics optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held micromechanics optional
  • optional, not held microprocessors optional
Index

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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.