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Skills that get you noticed
Metrology and inspection
Coordinate measuring machines and precision measurement. Quality departments rely on this.
Industrial controls and automation
Programmable controllers and robot cells. A core skill in automated plants.
Welding or machining certification
Being able to make the part as well as test it makes you far harder to replace.
Finite element analysis basics
Running stress simulations is normally an engineer's job, and technologists who can do it get pulled upward.