Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

database designertodata centre operator

A database designer already meets 48% of what the data centre operator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From database designer
48%
Overlap1
To data centre operator
27 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
57.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.3/ 100

1 Share of the data centre operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the database designer 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

Why this move works

A data centre operator role treats 5 of its required skills as things a database designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • database management systems
  • manage database
  • migrate existing data
  • query languages
  • resource description framework query language

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A data centre operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a database designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held CA Datacom/DB information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Filemaker (database management systems) information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held IBM Informix information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held MySQL information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held ObjectStore information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held OpenEdge Database information and communication technologies (icts)

All 27 carried skills, including the 5 the data centre operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with computers 6 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held administer ICT system required
  • required, not held analyse ICT system required
  • required, not held balance database resources required
  • required, not held maintain ICT server required
  • required, not held maintain database performance required
  • required, not held maintain database security required
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held integrate system components optional
  • optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
02 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held keep up with the latest information systems solutions required
  • optional, not held control of expenses optional
03 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held monitor system performance required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held develop contingency plans for emergencies required
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held business ICT systems optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a data centre operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 27 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held database management systems knowledge
  • already held manage database skill
  • already held migrate existing data skill
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
  • already held CA Datacom/DB knowledge
  • already held DB2 knowledge
  • already held Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
  • already held IBM Informix knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Access knowledge
  • already held MySQL knowledge
  • already held N1QL knowledge
  • already held ObjectStore knowledge
  • already held OpenEdge Database knowledge
  • already held PostgreSQL knowledge
  • already held SPARQL knowledge
  • already held SQL Server knowledge
  • already held Teradata Database knowledge
  • already held XQuery knowledge
  • already held data models knowledge
  • already held database development tools knowledge
  • already held develop automated migration methods skill
  • already held unstructured data knowledge
  • already held use databases skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held business ICT systems optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held integrate system components optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held control of expenses optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
76 held skills the data centre operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ABAP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
  • not needed by the target role APL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ASP.NET knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C# knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role COBOL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Common Lisp knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Groovy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Haskell knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Lisp knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MATLAB knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MarkLogic knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Objective-C knowledge
  • not needed by the target role OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Relational Database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle WebLogic knowledge
  • not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Perl knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role R knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAP R3 knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAS language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Scala knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge

36 further entries not listed here

4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held business ICT systems optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
Index

Other moves recorded from database designer

Full index of moves from database designer

Note

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.