computer hardware engineering technician

Job Zone

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5

Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed

Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order

• R Realistic5.69
• I Investigative5.56
• C Conventional5.37
• E Enterprising1.98
• A Artistic1.83
• S Social1.82

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Computer Hardware Engineers (17-2061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.

Typically associated skills

Essential (24)

ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.

• adjust engineering designs
• align components
• assemble hardware components
• assist scientific research
• computer engineering
• computer technology
• design drawings
• electronics
• fasten components
• hardware architectures
• hardware components
• hardware materials
• hardware platforms
• hardware testing methods
• inspect quality of products
• interpret circuit diagrams
• liaise with engineers
• meet deadlines
• prepare production prototypes
• read assembly drawings
• read engineering drawings
• record test data
• test hardware
• use ICT hardware