Mechanical engineering technician

Code 3115.1

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.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • mechanical engineering
  • mechanics
  • engineering principles
  • principles of mechanical engineering
  • engineering processes
  • CAE software

Skills and competences

  • liaise with engineers
  • analyse test data
  • design engineering components
  • read engineering drawings
  • adjust engineering designs
  • troubleshoot

Transversal competences

  • mathematics

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences