Career roadmap
How to become an Automotive Engineering Technician
What you would actually do
The tasks Automotive Engineering Technicians spend real time on, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Document design or operational test results.
- Operate industrial equipment.
- Review technical documents to plan work.
- Inspect finished products to locate flaws.
- Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.
- Analyze test or validation data.
- Install instrumentation or electronic equipment or systems.
- Maintain test equipment.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Reading Comprehension3.6/5
- Speaking3.5/5
- Critical Thinking3.5/5
- Active Listening3.3/5
- Writing3.3/5
- Complex Problem Solving3.3/5
- Operations Monitoring3.3/5
- Quality Control Analysis3.3/5
- Mathematics3.1/5
- Monitoring3.1/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix Automotive Engineering Technicians are measured on — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Realistic7.0/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Investigative5.3/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Conventional4.6/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Artistic1.4/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Enterprising1.3/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Social1.0/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
