Occupation Atlascomputer hardware test technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/becbe3ca-e000-40c0-9f67-5c4035b930ea
computer hardware test technician
Computer hardware test technicians conduct testing of computer hardware such as circuit boards, computer chips, computer systems, and other electronic and electrical components. They analyse the hardware configuration and test the hardware reliability and conformance to specifications.
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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 Realistic6.26
- I Investigative5.20
- C Conventional5.00
- S Social1.78
- A Artistic1.76
- E Enterprising1.31
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 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (17-3023.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, 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.
- analyse test data
- communicate test results to other departments
- conduct quality control analysis
- electrical discharge
- electronic equipment standards
- ensure conformity to specifications
- hardware architectures
- hardware components
- hardware materials
- hardware platforms
- hardware testing methods
- inspect quality of products
- instrument performance elements
- interpret circuit diagrams
- measure electrical characteristics
- meet deadlines
- quality assurance procedures
- quality standards
- read assembly drawings
- read engineering drawings
- read standard blueprints
- test hardware
- use measurement instruments
- use testing equipment
Optional (21)
- calibrate electronic instruments
- check system parameters against reference values
- consumer electronics
- electronics
- keep records of work progress
- liaise with engineers
- maintain test equipment
- mechanics
- microelectronics
- operate precision measuring equipment
- perform in-circuit test
- perform test run
- printed circuit boards testing methods
- remove defective products
- research equipment needs
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- send faulty equipment back to assembly line
- test printed circuit boards
- test wireless devices
- waste removal regulations
- write inspection reports
O*NET equivalents
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