| Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance) For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance: 98 (%) | Description: Test performance of electromechanical assemblies, using test instruments such as oscilloscopes, electronic voltmeters, or bridges. |
| Importance: 94 (%) | Description: Read blueprints, schematics, diagrams, or technical orders to determine methods and sequences of assembly. |
| Importance: 93 (%) | Description: Align, fit, or assemble component parts, using hand or power tools, fixtures, templates, or microscopes. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: Inspect parts for surface defects. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: Install electrical or electronic parts and hardware in housings or assemblies, using soldering equipment and hand tools. |
| Importance: 87 (%) | Description: Verify part dimensions or clearances to ensure conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | Description: Modify, maintain, or repair electrical, electronic, or mechanical components, equipment, or systems to ensure proper functioning. |
| Importance: 81 (%) | Description: Install or program computer hardware or machine or instrumentation software in microprocessor-based systems. |
| Importance: 76 (%) | Description: Select electromechanical equipment, materials, components, or systems to meet functional specifications. |
| Importance: 74 (%) | Description: Fabricate or assemble mechanical, electrical, or electronic components or assemblies. |
| Importance: 74 (%) | Description: Establish and maintain inventory, records, or documentation systems. |
| Importance: 69 (%) | Description: Produce electrical, electronic, or mechanical drawings or other related documents or graphics necessary for electromechanical design, using computer-aided design (CAD) software. |
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Careers and Jobs
Select, Find and Prepare for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Careers and Jobs - all on one page
For technically minded people interested in the rapidly growing commercial drone industry. Use the tools below to see which unmanned aircraft systems roles fit your background and goals.
Commercial drone operation legally requires FAA Part 107 certification, making licensure a hard requirement rather than optional. Use the tools below to explore Unmanned Aircraft Systems-related job titles sorted by growth rate, salary, or required education. You can start with entry points like Drone Operator Trainee, or look ahead to advanced roles such as UAS Program Manager or UAS Systems Engineer. Along the way, you will see specific certifications, such as FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, that can help you move up the career ladder.
Here is a short Helper Video 
This page will take you through 4 steps to (1) Select from Unmanned Aircraft Systems careers/jobs, (2) Find Unmanned Aircraft Systems job listings, (3) Prepare for Unmanned Aircraft Systems careers, and (4) Provide Unmanned Aircraft Systems career-specific resources.
Step 1: Select a Career/Job: This page starts with 4 ways for you to identify and select from listings of Unmanned Aircraft Systems careers/jobs:
A) Fastest Growing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Careers - 2023 to 2033 (est.)
These listings are based on job growth estimates and helps you to identify the fastest growing and evolving Unmanned Aircraft Systems careers. Some careers may not initially seem related to Unmanned Aircraft Systems, so relevant Unmanned Aircraft Systems jobs are listed alongside each listing. This can also help us to identify which careers (bottom of the listing) may have negative growth - perhaps due to automation or planned obsolescence.
B) Median Annual Salary U.S. Unmanned Aircraft Systems Careers
These listings are sorted (descending) by median annual salary in the U.S. This may help us to identify our ideal career. We may not qualify at this time for the desired career, but this listing and the results provided can help us to explore job details, as well as learn how to appropriately prepare for the career.
C) Unmanned Aircraft Systems Career Ladders (Educational Requirements)
These listings will help us to identify Unmanned Aircraft Systems careers sorted by educational requirements (with the most difficult to obtain listed first). This may help us to identify career ladders (as we scroll down the list), and help us to get jobs that we qualify for now.
D) Select From a Listing of 22 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Jobs.
The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
1) Filter - As you enter a word, you will filter (limit) the list of job titles
2) Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply explore the list of job titles. There may be many that you might never have considered to be of interest.
Once you have identified a job title of interest, simply click on it.
Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.
Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the chosen career. Information may include (not every career choice includes all of the elements below - updates occur quarterly):
Core Duties: Lists the primary worker-related tasks performed in this occupation
Supplemental Duties: Lists additional tasks that are performed but are secondary to the core duties
Work Activities: Summarizes the broad types of behaviors and actions related to this career
Specific Work Activities: Provides more granular day-to-day activities tied to the work performed
Essential Skills: Provides foundational skills that are core to performing this specific occupation
Transferable Skills: Provides career-portable skills that can be applied across multiple occupations and industries
Day-in-the-Life Summaries: Provides a snapshot of the key activities performed on a typical workday in this career
Knowledge Required: Provides the requirements regarding the acquisition of facts and principles
Software Skills: Lists software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized by category and priority
Preparation Required: Provides a summary of the required experience and education
Education Required: Detailed breakdown of the education required
Training and Experience Required: Detailed breakdown of the training and Training and Experience Required
Local Salary Information: Provides national and local salary ranges
Certifications: Provides appropriate government and private-sector certifications and/or credentials that may be required
Professional Associations: Provides professional associations that are related to the career selected
Job Listings: Provides links to active current job listings for the selected career, along with multiple similar job titles to explore. All information appears on this page without navigating away.
Related Careers to Consider: Lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to your initial choice - what they do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit.
** If you clicked on a link from section D (as described in Step 1 above), you will see one or more links to an occupation that is usually a bit more general than your initial job selection - the link(s) is directly related to the specific job you identified through your prior selections.
*NOTE: It is possible that there may not be a career path identified for the specific job you selected in Step 1. If this is the case, scroll up the page and click on a different career/job.
Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that provide detailed (updated) links specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview. Can also assist with coffee chats.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.
Step 1 of 4: Select a Career/Job
2 Unmanned Aircraft Systems careers are listed below (sorted by Percentage Change in Total Job Openings - 2023 to 2033 est.). Unmanned Aircraft Systems-related jobs specific to each career are also provided. This shows which careers are emerging and growing the fastest. Please Scroll and Select below:
| Occupations | U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033 (% change) | Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Related Jobs |
5 Unmanned Aircraft Systems careers are listed below (sorted by U.S. National Median Salary). Unmanned Aircraft Systems-related jobs specific to each occupation are also provided. Please Scroll and Select below::
| Occupations | National Median Salary | Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Related Jobs |
5 Unmanned Aircraft Systems careers are listed (sorted by Education/Preparation Requirements - descending) to provide career ladders. Unmanned Aircraft Systems-related jobs specific to each career are also provided.
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Education/Preparation Categories: 5 = Usually requires graduate school (e.g., Master's degree, Ph.D., M.D., or J.D.) 4 = Usually requires a four-year Bachelor's degree 3 = Usually requires vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or Associate's degree 2 = Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, but not always Please Scroll and Select below: |
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| Occupations | Education/Preparation | Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Related Jobs |
Scroll through the picklist (below). There are 22 specific Unmanned Aircraft Systems job titles listed. Select those that may be of interest - you will get active job listing links, along with detailed resources to help you prepare for a career related to that job.
You can use this form two ways:
Filter - As you enter a keyword, you will filter (limit) the list of job titles below
Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply explore the list of job titles. There may be many that you might never have considered to be of interest.
OR - leave blank and scroll through the choices:
Select a Job Title (Scroll and Select) :
Step 2 of 4: Find a Job
Find Job Listings:
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians.
Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
Description: Operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians":
U.S. Total Employment (2023):
13,400U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
13,100
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
-200 (-1.7%) Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
1,200
Core Duties
Supplemental Duties
| Important Supplemental Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Analyze engineering designs of logic or digital circuitry, motor controls, instrumentation, or data acquisition for implementation into new or existing automated, servomechanical, or other electromechanical systems. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Select and use laboratory, operational, or diagnostic techniques or test equipment to assess electromechanical circuits, equipment, processes, systems, or subsystems. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Repair, rework, or calibrate hydraulic or pneumatic assemblies or systems to meet operational specifications or tolerances. |
| Importance: 59 (%) | Description: Specify, coordinate, or conduct quality-control or quality-assurance programs and procedures. |
| Importance: 58 (%) | Description: Prepare written documentation of electromechanical test results. |
| Importance: 57 (%) | Description: Operate metalworking machines to fabricate housings, jigs, fittings, or fixtures. |
| Importance: 55 (%) | Description: Determine whether selected electromechanical components comply with environmental standards and regulations. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Translate electromechanical drawings into design specifications, applying principles of engineering, thermal or fluid sciences, mathematics, or statistics. |
| Importance: 43 (%) | Description: Identify energy-conserving production or fabrication methods, such as by bending metal rather than cutting and welding or casting metal. |
| Importance: 37 (%) | Description: Develop, test, or program new robots. |
| Importance: 35 (%) | Description: Conduct statistical studies to analyze or compare production costs for sustainable and nonsustainable designs. |
| Importance: 29 (%) | Description: Train others to install, use, or maintain robots. |
| Importance: 28 (%) | Description: Operate, test, or maintain robotic equipment used for green production applications, such as waste-to-energy conversion systems, minimization of material waste, or replacement of human operators in dangerous work environments. |
| Importance: 25 (%) | Description: Develop or implement programs related to the environmental impact of engineering activities. |
Work Activities
| Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 86 (%) | Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | Description: Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment: Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
| Importance: 83 (%) | Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
| Importance: 81 (%) | Description: Controlling Machines and Processes: Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
| Importance: 79 (%) | Description: Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials: Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
| Importance: 78 (%) | Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| Importance: 77 (%) | Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| Importance: 76 (%) | Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| Importance: 76 (%) | Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
| Importance: 75 (%) | Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
| Importance: 72 (%) | Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment: Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | Description: Performing General Physical Activities: Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
| Importance: 65 (%) | Description: Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment: Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
| Importance: 65 (%) | Description: Training and Teaching Others: Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People: Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Providing Consultation and Advice to Others: Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Handling and Moving Objects: Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
| Importance: 61 (%) | Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
Specific Work Activities
| Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below: |
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| Analyze costs and benefits of proposed designs or projects. | |
| Analyze design requirements for computer or electronics systems. | |
| Assemble equipment or components. | |
| Calibrate scientific or technical equipment. | |
| Create schematic drawings for electronics. | |
| Design electromechanical equipment or systems. | |
| Determine design criteria or specifications. | |
| Determine operational methods. | |
| Develop operational methods or processes that use green materials or emphasize sustainability. | |
| Develop software or computer applications. | |
| Develop technical methods or processes. | |
| Direct quality control activities. | |
| Discuss design or technical features of products or services with technical personnel. | |
| Document design or operational test results. | |
| Evaluate characteristics of equipment or systems. | |
| Fabricate devices or components. | |
| Fabricate products or components using machine tools. | |
| Implement design or process improvements. | |
| Inspect finished products to locate flaws. | |
| Install instrumentation or electronic equipment or systems. | |
| Maintain electromechanical equipment. | |
| Maintain electronic equipment. | |
| Maintain operational records or records systems. | |
| Operate industrial equipment. | |
| Program robotic equipment. | |
| Review technical documents to plan work. | |
| Select project materials. | |
| Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment. | |
| Train personnel on proper operational procedures. | |
Knowledge Required
| Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 80 (%) | Description: Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
| Importance: 71 (%) | Description: Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar. |
| Importance: 61 (%) | Description: Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
| Importance: 61 (%) | Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
Essential Skills
| Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
Transferable Skills
| Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
| Importance: 64 (%) | Description: Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Repairing: Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
| Importance: 58 (%) | Description: Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Equipment Selection: Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Installation: Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
Day-in-the-Life Summaries
| Day-in-the-Life Summaries These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you? |
| Activity: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance. |
| Activity: Assemble equipment or components. |
| Activity: Communicate with others about specifications or project details. |
| Activity: Create visual designs or displays. |
| Activity: Design computer or information systems or applications. |
| Activity: Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment. |
| Activity: Determine operational methods or procedures. |
| Activity: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards. |
| Activity: Develop sustainable organizational or business policies or practices. |
| Activity: Develop technical specifications for products or operations. |
| Activity: Document technical designs, procedures, or activities. |
| Activity: Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data. |
| Activity: Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies. |
| Activity: Fabricate devices or components. |
| Activity: Implement procedures or processes. |
| Activity: Inspect completed work or finished products. |
| Activity: Install commercial or production equipment. |
| Activity: Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment. |
| Activity: Maintain operational records. |
| Activity: Maintain tools or equipment. |
| Activity: Manage control systems or activities. |
| Activity: Operate industrial processing or production equipment. |
| Activity: Program computer systems or production equipment. |
| Activity: Read documents or materials to inform work processes. |
| Activity: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects. |
| Activity: Test performance of equipment or systems. |
| Activity: Train others on operational or work procedures. |
Software Skills
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Software Skills These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job? |
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| Autodesk AutoCAD Dassault Systemes SolidWorks | |||||||||
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| Microsoft Access | |||||||||
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| Microsoft PowerPoint | |||||||||
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| Autodesk Inventor National Instruments Multisim National Instruments Ultiboard PTC Creo Parametric | |||||||||
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| McNeel Rhinoceros 3D | |||||||||
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| Human machine interface HMI software Motion control software Programmable logic controller PLC software Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software | |||||||||
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| MindJet MindManager | |||||||||
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| Airdata |
Preparation Required
| Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job? |
| Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed |
| Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job. |
| Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. |
| Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations. |
| These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants. |
Education Required
| Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work? |
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| Frequency of Attainment (%) | Level of Education |
| Frequency of Attainment: 31.7 (%) | Level of Education: Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) |
| Frequency of Attainment: 29.8 (%) | Level of Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) |
| Frequency of Attainment: 11.0 (%) | Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree |
| Frequency of Attainment: 9.9 (%) | Level of Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) |
| Frequency of Attainment: 7.3 (%) | Level of Education: Some College Courses |
| Frequency of Attainment: 5.6 (%) | Level of Education: Master's Degree |
| Frequency of Attainment: 3.7 (%) | Level of Education: Doctoral Degree |
| Frequency of Attainment: 1.0 (%) | Level of Education: Less than a High School Diploma |
Training and Experience Required
| Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work? |
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| Frequency of Attainment (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience |
| Frequency of Attainment: 31.5 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 23.1 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 12.4 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 11.5 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 10 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 7.5 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year |
| Frequency of Attainment: 7.4 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 3.7 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 1.8 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: None |
| Frequency of Attainment: 1.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months |
Local Salary Information
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Certifications
| Certifications These are examples of certifications that may be important for this occupation. How can you begin exploring which certifications fit your goals and what steps you would need to take to earn them? |
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Certified Engineering Technologist
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Certified Robotic Arc Welding Operators and Technicians
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Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC/EMI) Certification
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SACA C-101 Certified Industry 4.0 Associate - Basic Operations
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SACA Certified Industry 4.0 Automation Systems Specialist I
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SACA Certified Industry 4.0 IT Systems Specialist II
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SACA Certified Industry 4.0 Production Systems Specialist I
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SACA Certified Industry 4.0 Production Systems Specialist II
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SACA Certified Industry 4.0 Systems Professional
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Professional Associations
| Professional Associations These associations connect people who work in this occupation or related fields. How can you start using these associations to learn more, build your network, or find mentoring opportunities? |
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American Association of Electrodiagnostic Technologists (AAET)
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Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)
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Job Listings
| Job Listings and Similar Occupational Titles - scroll and click to identify common requirements, keywords, and skills in current job listings |
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Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources
This section contains detailed external resources appropriate to "Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians". Explore these resources to start learning more. Links are constantly updated, so bookmark this page.
Videos
Here is a listing of videos related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes
Here are resources that allow you to see example resumes for this occupation. It may be helpful to see examples from others who have this type of experience.
Job Description
Here are resources that provide job descriptions, which are vital for resume and interview preparation.
Interviews
There are many great resources that can help guide you through the interview process. These links provide help in preparing and performing an effective interview, specific to this occupation.
Step-by-Step
Here are links to help guide you, step-by-step, to become a(n): Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
LinkedIn®
Here are links to various posts and groups from LinkedIn ® that relate to this occupation. Great way to start building professional contacts in the field that might be most appropriate for you.
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