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A product development engineering technician already meets 45% of what the mechanical engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
45%
55.1/ 100
1 Share of the mechanical engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the product development 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 mechanical engineering technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a product development engineering technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- mechanics
- troubleshoot
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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mechanical engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a product development engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held assess operating cost information skills
- already held blueprints engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held use computer-aided engineering systems working with computers
- already held material mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held analyse production processes for improvement information skills
- already held analyse test data information skills
All 18 carried skills, including the 6 the mechanical engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 11 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 mechanical engineering required
- required, not held principles of mechanical engineering required
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held technical drawings optional
- required, not held design engineering components required
- required, not held liaise with engineers required
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- required, not held define part requirements required
- required, not held read engineering drawings required
- optional, not held interpret technical requirements optional
- required, not held CAE software required
- required, not held mathematics required
- optional, not held monitor nuclear power plant systems optional
- optional, not held perform maintenance on installed equipment optional
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mechanical engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 define part requirements skill · sector specific
- 02 mechanical engineering knowledge · sector specific
- 03 CAE software 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 18 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held analyse production processes for improvement skill
- already held assess operating cost skill
- already held blueprints knowledge
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held material mechanics knowledge
- already held perform test run skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use computer-aided engineering systems skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held create technical plans optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- optional, not held technical terminology optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
- optional, not held maintain power plants optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interpret technical requirements optional
- optional, not held maintain power plants optional
- optional, not held create technical plans optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- optional, not held monitor nuclear power plant systems optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held perform maintenance on installed equipment optional
- optional, not held technical drawings optional
- optional, not held technical terminology optional
16 held skills the mechanical engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on machinery malfunctions skill
- not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of materials skill
- not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of products skill
- not needed by the target role assess integrated domotics systems skill
- not needed by the target role circular economy knowledge
- not needed by the target role collaborate with designers skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role develop product design skill
- not needed by the target role industrial research and development knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan manufacturing processes skill
- not needed by the target role production processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
- not needed by the target role write stress-strain analysis reports skill
9 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 mechanical engineering required
- required, not held CAE software required
- required, not held mathematics required
- required, not held principles of mechanical engineering required
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held technical drawings optional
- optional, not held technical terminology optional
Other moves recorded from product development engineering technician
- production engineering technician 57% covered · moderate
- process engineering technician 55% covered · moderate
- industrial engineering technician 52% covered · moderate
- pneumatic engineering technician 47% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from product development 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.