printed circuit board test techniciantowave soldering machine operator
A printed circuit board test technician already meets 54% of what the wave soldering machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
54%
49.5/ 100
1 Share of the wave soldering machine operator 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 this move works
A wave soldering machine operator role treats 8 of its required skills as things a printed circuit board test technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure conformity to specifications
- inspect quality of products
- interpret circuit diagrams
- monitor machine operations
- printed circuit boards
- quality standards
What stands in the way is 8 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wave soldering machine operator 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.
- already held through-hole technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held IPC standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held printed circuit boards testing methods information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held test printed circuit boards constructing
- already held check for solder defects constructing
- already held surface-mount technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 19 carried skills, including the 8 the wave soldering machine operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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 assemble printed circuit boards required
- required, not held prepare board for soldering required
- optional, not held dispose of soldering waste optional
- optional, not held clean printed circuit board optional
- required, not held maintain furnace temperature required
- required, not held operate wave soldering machine required
- optional, not held repair electronic components optional
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
- required, not held solder components onto electronic board required
- required, not held measure furnace temperature required
- required, not held temperature scales required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a wave soldering machine operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble printed circuit boards skill · sector specific
- 02 ensure public safety and security skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain furnace temperature skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held ensure conformity to specifications skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held interpret circuit diagrams skill
- already held monitor machine operations skill
- already held printed circuit boards knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held read assembly drawings skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held IPC standards knowledge
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held check for solder defects skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held printed circuit boards testing methods knowledge
- already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held surface-mount technology knowledge
- already held test printed circuit boards skill
- already held through-hole technology knowledge
- already held write records for repairs skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held oversee logistics of finished products optional
- optional, not held use CAM software optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held dispose of soldering waste optional
- optional, not held clean printed circuit board optional
- optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held oversee logistics of finished products optional
- optional, not held repair electronic components optional
- optional, not held use CAM software optional
29 held skills the wave soldering machine operator role does not ask for
- 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 automated optical inspection knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate test results to other departments skill
- not needed by the target role electronic equipment standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics 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 instrument performance elements knowledge
- 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 maintain test equipment skill
- not needed by the target role measure electrical characteristics skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role microelectronics knowledge
- 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 process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006 skill
- not needed by the target role quality assurance procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role remove defective products skill
- not needed by the target role research equipment needs skill
- not needed by the target role semiconductors knowledge
- not needed by the target role send faulty equipment back to assembly line skill
- not needed by the target role test hardware skill
- not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
- not needed by the target role waste removal regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
1 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 temperature scales required
Other moves recorded from printed circuit board test technician
- electronic equipment inspector 62% covered · moderate
- precision device inspector 62% covered · moderate
- computer hardware test technician 61% covered · moderate
- surface-mount technology machine operator 55% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from printed circuit board test 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.