Table 1Transition record

ICT network techniciantotelecommunications engineer

A ICT network technician already meets 22% of what the telecommunications engineer role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT network technician

22%

Overlap1

To telecommunications engineer

15 Skills carried over

17 Required, not held

84.8 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

22%

Learning distance A rebuild

84.8/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the telecommunications engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT network 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

Why this move works

A telecommunications engineer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a ICT network technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT communications protocols
ICT network routing
ICT network security risks
adjust ICT system capacity
analyse network bandwidth requirements
electronics principles

What stands in the way is 17 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT network technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held adjust ICT system capacity working with computers
already held analyse network bandwidth requirements working with computers
already held implement ICT network diagnostic tools working with computers
already held ICT networking hardware information and communication technologies (icts)
already held network engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held ICT network routing information and communication technologies (icts)

All 15 carried skills, including the 8 the telecommunications engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 76 missing skills fall into 9 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held design computer network required
required, not held interact with users to gather requirements required
required, not held provide ICT system training required
required, not held support ICT system users required
required, not held design process required

optional, not held create software design optional
optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
optional, not held build business relationships optional
optional, not held give live presentation optional
optional, not held provide user documentation optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held microwave principles required
required, not held signal processing required
required, not held telecom regulations required
required, not held telecommunication industry required

optional, not held telecommunication trunking optional

03 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 38 supplementary

required, not held ICT system user requirements required
required, not held systems development life-cycle required

optional, not held ABAP optional
optional, not held AJAX optional
optional, not held APL optional
optional, not held ASP.NET optional
optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
optional, not held C# optional
optional, not held C++ optional
optional, not held COBOL optional
optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
optional, not held Common Lisp optional
optional, not held Erlang optional
optional, not held Groovy optional
optional, not held Haskell optional
optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
optional, not held JavaScript optional
optional, not held Lisp optional
optional, not held MATLAB optional
optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held Objective-C optional
optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
optional, not held PHP optional
optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Perl optional
optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
optional, not held R optional
optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
optional, not held SAP R3 optional
optional, not held SAS language optional
optional, not held Scala optional
optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Swift (computer programming) optional
optional, not held TypeScript optional
optional, not held VBScript optional
optional, not held Visual Basic optional
optional, not held computer programming optional

04 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held estimate costs of installing telecommunication devices required
required, not held log transmitter readings required

optional, not held forecast future ICT network needs optional
optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
optional, not held perform resource planning optional

05 business, administration and law 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held quality assurance methodologies required

optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held lean project management optional

06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held use a complex communication system required

optional, not held operate private branch exchange optional
optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
optional, not held install low voltage wiring optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a telecommunications engineer 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 15 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT communications protocols knowledge
already held ICT network routing knowledge
already held ICT network security risks knowledge
already held adjust ICT system capacity skill
already held analyse network bandwidth requirements skill
already held electronics principles knowledge
already held implement a virtual private network skill
already held procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
already held Cisco knowledge
already held ICT networking hardware knowledge
already held implement ICT network diagnostic tools skill
already held implement ICT security policies skill
already held implement a firewall skill
already held install electronic communication equipment skill
already held network engineering knowledge

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held use session border controller required

optional, not held integrate system components optional
optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional

08 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held define technical requirements required

optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional

09 health and welfare 1 supplementary

optional, not held strategies for handling cases of elder abuse optional

59 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ABAP optional
optional, not held AJAX optional
optional, not held APL optional
optional, not held ASP.NET optional
optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
optional, not held C# optional
optional, not held C++ optional
optional, not held COBOL optional
optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
optional, not held Common Lisp optional
optional, not held Erlang optional
optional, not held Groovy optional
optional, not held Haskell optional
optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
optional, not held JavaScript optional
optional, not held Lisp optional
optional, not held MATLAB optional
optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held Objective-C optional
optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
optional, not held PHP optional
optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Perl optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
optional, not held R optional
optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
optional, not held SAP R3 optional
optional, not held SAS language optional
optional, not held Scala optional
optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Swift (computer programming) optional
optional, not held TypeScript optional
optional, not held VBScript optional
optional, not held Visual Basic optional

19 further entries not listed here

24 held skills the telecommunications engineer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Apache Tomcat knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT debugging tools knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT network cable limitations knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system programming knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse network configuration and performance skill
not needed by the target role concepts of telecommunications knowledge
not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role design cloud architecture skill
not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
not needed by the target role identify suppliers skill
not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
not needed by the target role implement spam protection skill
not needed by the target role install signal repeaters skill
not needed by the target role maintain internet protocol configuration skill
not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
not needed by the target role network management system tools knowledge
not needed by the target role network standards knowledge
not needed by the target role perform ICT security testing skill
not needed by the target role remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill
not needed by the target role solder electronics skill
not needed by the target role use ICT hardware skill
not needed by the target role use back-up and recovery tools skill
not needed by the target role use precision tools skill

51 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

required, not held ICT system user requirements required
required, not held microwave principles required
required, not held signal processing required
required, not held telecom regulations required
required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
required, not held systems development life-cycle required
required, not held telecommunication industry required
optional, not held ABAP optional
optional, not held AJAX optional
optional, not held APL optional
optional, not held ASP.NET optional
optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
optional, not held C# optional
optional, not held C++ optional
optional, not held COBOL optional
optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
optional, not held Common Lisp optional
optional, not held Erlang optional
optional, not held Groovy optional
optional, not held Haskell optional
optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
optional, not held JavaScript optional
optional, not held Lisp optional
optional, not held MATLAB optional
optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held Objective-C optional
optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
optional, not held PHP optional
optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Perl optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
optional, not held R optional
optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
optional, not held SAP R3 optional
optional, not held SAS language optional

11 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT network technician

Full index of moves from ICT network technician

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.