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A production engineering technician already meets 67% of what the mechanical engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
67%
35/ 100
1 Share of the mechanical engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the production 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 10 of its required skills as things a production engineering technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- CAE software
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- define part requirements
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
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 · What you already bring
Of the 25 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 production engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held define part requirements information skills
- 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 perform maintenance on installed equipment constructing
- already held create technical plans management skills
All 25 carried skills, including the 10 the mechanical engineering technician 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 mechanical engineering required
- required, not held principles of mechanical engineering required
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held material 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 technical terminology optional
- optional, not held monitor nuclear power plant systems optional
- optional, not held interpret technical requirements optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
2 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 mechanical engineering knowledge · sector specific
- 02 design engineering components skill · cross sector
- 03 liaise with engineers skill · 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 25 skills that carry over
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held define part requirements skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- 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 create technical plans skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held oversee quality control skill
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment skill
- 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 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
- optional, not held maintain power plants optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interpret technical requirements optional
- optional, not held maintain power plants optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held monitor nuclear power plant systems optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held technical drawings optional
- optional, not held technical terminology optional
13 held skills the mechanical engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on manufacturing problems skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
- not needed by the target role communicate production plan skill
- not needed by the target role conduct routine machinery checks skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role operate soldering equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate welding equipment skill
- 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 resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- not needed by the target role secure working area skill
- not needed by the target role solve technical problems skill
- not needed by the target role verify product specifications skill
8 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 principles of mechanical engineering required
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held technical drawings optional
- optional, not held technical terminology optional
Other moves recorded from production 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.