Occupation Atlasmechanical engineering technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b31e404e-9af6-457d-a58a-208f612eeba3
mechanical engineering technician
Mechanical engineering technicians provide technical support to mechanical engineers in producing and manufacturing mechanical machinery. They help make designs and adjustments, and perform tests. They also develop layouts and drawings, collate and interpret data and write reports.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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 Realistic6.26
- I Investigative5.37
- C Conventional4.76
- A Artistic2.19
- S Social1.19
- E Enterprising1.08
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 Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (17-3027.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
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.
- CAE software
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- define part requirements
- design engineering components
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- liaise with engineers
- mathematics
- mechanical engineering
- mechanics
- principles of mechanical engineering
- read engineering drawings
- troubleshoot
Optional (25)
- CAD software
- analyse production processes for improvement
- assess operating cost
- blueprints
- create technical plans
- ensure equipment availability
- fluid mechanics
- health and safety in the workplace
- interpret technical requirements
- maintain power plants
- manage supplies
- material mechanics
- monitor nuclear power plant systems
- nuclear energy
- order supplies
- oversee quality control
- perform maintenance on installed equipment
- perform test run
- read standard blueprints
- record test data
- technical drawings
- technical terminology
- use CAD software
- use computer-aided engineering systems
- use testing equipment
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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