broadcast techniciantotelecommunications equipment maintainer
A broadcast technician already meets 29% of what the telecommunications equipment maintainer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
62.8/ 100
1 Share of the telecommunications equipment maintainer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the broadcast technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A telecommunications equipment maintainer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a broadcast technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- calibrate electronic instruments
- install low voltage wiring
- operate remote broadcast equipment
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications equipment maintainer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a broadcast technician background worth leading with.
- already held operate remote broadcast equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate audio equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held install low voltage wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held calibrate electronic instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held meet deadlines management skills
All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the telecommunications equipment maintainer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held maintain radio communications equipment required
- required, not held operate two-way radio systems required
- required, not held repair wiring required
- optional, not held install signal repeaters optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- optional, not held use a complex communication system optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- required, not held ICT network cable limitations required
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
- required, not held solder electronics required
- required, not held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues required
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held implement a firewall optional
- optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
- optional, not held use precision tools optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a telecommunications equipment maintainer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT network cable limitations knowledge · sector specific
- 02 assess telecommunication infrastructure issues skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain radio communications equipment skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held calibrate electronic instruments skill
- already held install low voltage wiring skill
- already held operate remote broadcast equipment skill
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held operate audio equipment skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held implement a firewall optional
- optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
- optional, not held install signal repeaters optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- optional, not held use a complex communication system optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- optional, not held use precision tools optional
37 held skills the telecommunications equipment maintainer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
- not needed by the target role adjust video transmissions skill
- not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role align antennae with receiving dishes skill
- not needed by the target role assemble video tape footage skill
- not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
- not needed by the target role audio technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role audiovisual products knowledge
- not needed by the target role broadcast equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role broadcast using Internet Protocol skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate activities in audio recording studio skill
- not needed by the target role develop programming schedule skill
- not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
- not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute integration testing skill
- not needed by the target role maintain audiovisual equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain broadcast equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain internet protocol configuration skill
- not needed by the target role manage sound quality skill
- not needed by the target role media formats knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor quality of broadcasts skill
- not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate audio-signal processors skill
- not needed by the target role operate broadcast equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate electronic measuring instruments skill
- not needed by the target role provide multimedia content skill
- not needed by the target role record multi-track sound skill
- not needed by the target role select recording source skill
- not needed by the target role set up audiovisual peripheral equipment skill
- not needed by the target role set up broadcast equipment skill
- not needed by the target role set up portable field transmission equipment skill
- not needed by the target role set up sound equipment skill
- not needed by the target role signal cues to announcers skill
- not needed by the target role use audio reproduction software skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held ICT network cable limitations required
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.