communication infrastructure maintainertoradio technician
A communication infrastructure maintainer already meets 21% of what the radio technician role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 76.3 of 100 · career change
1 Share of the radio technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the communication infrastructure maintainer 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A radio technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a communication infrastructure maintainer background worth leading with.
- already held inspect cables constructing
- already held use a complex communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held install electronic communication equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held install low voltage wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held implement a firewall working with computers
All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the radio technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 8 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 interpret electronic design specifications required
- required, not held interpret technical information for electronic repair work required
- required, not held estimate duration of work required
- required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- required, not held use repair manuals required
- required, not held maintain radio communications equipment required
- required, not held operate electronic measuring instruments required
- required, not held calibrate electronic instruments required
- required, not held install monitors for process control required
- required, not held maintain electronic equipment required
- required, not held analog electronics theory required
- required, not held electronics principles required
- optional, not held microwave principles optional
- required, not held solder electronics required
- optional, not held maintain theatre equipment optional
- required, not held assemble telecommunications devices required
- required, not held electromagnetism required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a radio technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble telecommunications devices skill · occupation specific
- 02 analog electronics theory knowledge · sector specific
- 03 electromagnetism knowledge · 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held inspect cables skill
- already held install electronic communication equipment skill
- already held use a complex communication system skill
- already held implement a firewall skill
- already held implement a virtual private network skill
- already held install low voltage wiring skill
- already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held operate signal generator required
- optional, not held manage ICT project optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain theatre equipment optional
- optional, not held manage ICT project optional
- optional, not held microwave principles optional
19 held skills the radio technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Cisco knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT network cable limitations knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT network routing knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT networking hardware knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess telecommunication infrastructure issues skill
- not needed by the target role concepts of telecommunications knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
- not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
- not needed by the target role install cable TV services skill
- not needed by the target role monitor communication channels' performance skill
- not needed by the target role operate digging construction equipment skill
- not needed by the target role procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role seal wires skill
- not needed by the target role splice cable skill
- not needed by the target role telecom regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role telecommunication trunking knowledge
- not needed by the target role use back-up and recovery tools skill
4 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 analog electronics theory required
- required, not held electromagnetism required
- required, not held electronics principles required
- optional, not held microwave principles optional
Other moves recorded from communication infrastructure maintainer
- ICT network technician 43% covered · substantial
- telecommunications technician 40% covered · substantial
- telecommunications equipment maintainer 37% covered · substantial
- ICT network architect 22% covered · career change
Full index of moves from communication infrastructure maintainer
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.