Occupation Atlasautomotive engineering technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/444c9aa9-578d-4a9a-9949-99ef1bacb20e
automotive engineering technician
Automotive engineering technicians work with automotive engineers to operate, repair, maintain and test equipment used in motor vehicles. In some environments, such as an airport they are responsible for keeping equipment and vehicles serviceable. They review blueprints and designs to determine test specifications and procedures. Automotive engineering technicians use software to make sure that parts of a motor vehicle are functioning properly. They record test procedures and results, and make recommendations for changes.
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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.
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Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- I Investigative5.37
- C Conventional4.45
- A Artistic1.41
- E Enterprising1.25
- S Social1.00
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 Automotive Engineering Technicians (17-3027.01): 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 (20)
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
- ICT software specifications
- adjust engineering designs
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- green automotive technologies
- hybrid vehicle architecture
- liaise with engineers
- material mechanics
- mathematics
- mechanics
- mechanics of motor vehicles
- multimedia systems
- physics
- read engineering drawings
- read standard blueprints
- recommend product improvements
- troubleshoot
- vehicle manufacturing process
Optional (59)
- CAD software
- CADD software
- aerodynamics
- airport safety regulations
- analyse production processes for improvement
- analyse stress resistance of products
- apply reverse engineering
- assess operating cost
- calibrate electronic instruments
- check functionality of essential components of airport vehicles
- defense system
- design drawings
- determine maintenance schedules for airport equipment
- determine production feasibility
- disassemble engines
- disassemble equipment
- electrical engineering
- electronics principles
- ensure compliance with airport security measures
- ensure equipment availability
- follow manufacturer guidelines in use of airport equipment
- follow production schedule
- guarantee customer satisfaction
- guidance, navigation and control
- identify airport safety hazards
- inspect data
- keep records of work progress
- maintain electrical engines
- maintain snow removal equipment
- maintain vehicle electrical equipment
- manage airport vehicle licences
- manage airport workshops
- manage health and safety standards
- manage supplies
- operate precision measuring equipment
- operate testbeds
- order supplies
- organise vehicle breakdown support
- oversee quality control
- perform maintenance on installed equipment
- perform physical stress tests on models
- perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles
- perform test run
- perform tests on airport vehicles
- perform vehicle diagnostic procedures
- plan manufacturing processes
- position engine on test stand
- preserve airport maintenance equipment
- product data management
- re-assemble engines
- record test data
- reverse engineering
- synthetic natural environment
- use CAD software
- use CADD software
- use testing equipment
- vehicle type-approval
- write inspection reports
- write stress-strain analysis reports
O*NET equivalents
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