Although electronics technicians specialising in automation technology mainly work for electro-technology
craft trade companies, they also find employment at companies operating in other branches.
Professional experience
• Advise customers
• Plan, install and commission electrical installations in accordance with customer requirements
• Under the provisions of the Prevention of Accidents Regulations, electronics technicians specialising in
automation technology are deemed to be skilled electrical and electronic engineering workers.
• Install sensors, control devices, machine and process controls and pneumatic, hydraulic and electric
drives
Industrial electricians specialising in devices and systems are employed mainly in production in the
electrical and IT industries.
Professional experience
• adhere to regulations and standards for environmental protection, occupational safety , and economic
efficiency,
• perform functional and safety testing on electrical systems, components and devices,
• adhere to regulations and standards for environmental protection, occupational safety , and economic
efficiency,
Professional experience
• Advise and attend to customers and analyse the required functions as well as technical environmental
conditions
• Select, adapt and assemble mechanical, electrical and electronic components to produce devices and
systems
• Programme interfaces
• Set up, programme, optimise and maintain production equipment and test systems
Professional experience
• Assemble and install wiring systems, information cables and power lines, including general supply lines
• Install and set up machines and drive systems, including pneumatic/hydraulic components
• Programme and configure systems, test the functionality and safety facilities of systems
• Analyse faults, initiate immediate measures and carry out routine repairs to plants
• Hand over plants, instruct users in their operation and provide services
• Under the provisions of the Prevention of Accidents Regulations, electronics technicians for industrial
engineering are deemed to be skilled electrical and electronic engineering workers
Professional experience
• Support developers in the realisation of contracts, in the analysis of required functionalities and
environmental technical environmental conditions and in the design of circuits
• Award and coordinate orders for the procurement of components, ancillary materials and operating
equipment for the realisation of internal and external customer contracts
• Set up, programme, optimise and maintain production equipment and test systems
• Under the provisions of the Prevention of Accidents Regulations, electronics technicians for devices
and systems are deemed to be skilled electrical and electronic engineering workers