From smart home engineer to smart home installer
10 of the 27 essential skills of a smart home installer are already essential for a smart home engineer — about 37% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from smart home engineer in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 17
- would be new
- 37%
- of the target job covered
- 27
- essential skills of a smart home installer
What a smart home installer does
Smart home installers install and maintain home automation systems (heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, solar shading, irrigation, security, safety, etc.), connected devices, and smart appliances at customersites. In addition, they serve as a customer educator and resource for product and service recommendations that meet the customers’ needs for home comfort, convenience, security and safety.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
17 skillsEssential for a smart home installer and not for a smart home engineer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise customers on smart homes technology
- cameras
- electrical household appliances products
- electrical wiring plans
- electricity
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- inspect electrical supplies
- install electric switches
- install electrical and electronic equipment
- install electrical household appliances
- install lighting
- install smart devices
- maintain customer service
- mechanical systems
- provide door security
- read standard blueprints
- solar products
← smart home engineersmart home installer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a smart home installer?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.