From smart home installer to smart home engineer
10 of the 33 essential skills of a smart home engineer are already essential for a smart home installer — about 30% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from smart home installer 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
- 23
- would be new
- 30%
- of the target job covered
- 33
- essential skills of a smart home engineer
What a smart home engineer does
Smart home engineers are responsible for the design, integration and acceptance testing of home automation systems (heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, solar shading, irrigation, security, safety, etc.), which integrate connected devices and smart appliances within residential facilities. They work with key stakeholders to ensure the desired project outcome is achieved including wire design, layout, appearance and component programming.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
23 skillsEssential for a smart home engineer and not for a smart home installer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- 3D modelling
- apply technical communication skills
- artificial lighting systems
- building information modelling
- cloud technologies
- communicate with customers
- computer engineering
- computer science
- cooperate with colleagues
- create CAD drawings
- design a domotic system in buildings
- design application interfaces
- design electrical systems
- design electronic systems
- develop energy saving concepts
- develop software prototype
- electrical engineering
- energy conservation
- perform ICT troubleshooting
- programmable logic controller
- project management
- provide advice to hatcheries
- technical drawings
← smart home installersmart home engineer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a smart home engineer?
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