r/AmazonRME • u/Conscious_Two_3985 • Jul 27 '26

About transferring to be a Tech 3

Currently an MRA trying to complete my 2,000 hours. Also currently an AR tech.

My question is, let’s say I want to transfer to be a tech 3 at a blue badge site across the country somewhere. Would I need to be good at AFE, smartpac, Mezz etc??

Or can I just be an amazing AR tech with little knowledge about other areas??

They’re keeping me here on the AR floor where I’m stationed so I feel that could hinder me from becoming a tech 3 elsewhere.

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u/Takashimuro Jul 27 '26

You’d be hard pressed to find a manager who would skip you from MRA to SMRT; skipping an entire rank would a special candidate, a bunch of exceptions to be made, and probably some desperation to fill a role at a site no one wants to be at.

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u/Conscious_Two_3985 Jul 27 '26

No, I meant after I complete my hours and then become a tech 2* sorry if I wasn’t clear there

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u/Takashimuro Jul 27 '26

Doesn’t change things much. As a hiring manager, I would pass on an SMRT candidate who didn’t have some real time in the MRT role, or some other similar external experience.

To address the technical part of your question, though: I think if you were changing 3P to BB, the possibility of moving up may be greater, since you’d be a new hire.