Table 1Transition record

mobile devices techniciantoindustrial mobile devices software developer

A mobile devices technician already meets 44% of what the industrial mobile devices software developer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mobile devices technician

44%

Overlap1

To industrial mobile devices software developer

45 Skills carried over

14 Required, not held

68 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the industrial mobile devices software developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mobile devices 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 industrial mobile devices software developer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a mobile devices technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT debugging tools
computer programming
embedded systems
mobile operating systems
use different communication channels

What stands in the way is 14 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 45 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A industrial mobile devices software developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mobile devices technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held mobile device software frameworks information and communication technologies (icts)
already held mobile operating systems information and communication technologies (icts)
already held Android (mobile operating systems) information and communication technologies (icts)
already held BlackBerry information and communication technologies (icts)
already held iOS information and communication technologies (icts)
already held embedded systems engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 45 carried skills, including the 5 the industrial mobile devices software developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 44 missing skills fall into 5 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, 9 supplementary

required, not held analyse software specifications required
required, not held debug software required
required, not held develop software prototype required
required, not held use an application-specific interface required
required, not held use software libraries required
required, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools required

optional, not held integrate system components optional
optional, not held migrate existing data optional
optional, not held provide connected car solutions optional
optional, not held use automatic programming optional
optional, not held use concurrent programming optional
optional, not held use functional programming optional
optional, not held use logic programming optional
optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
optional, not held use word processing software optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 required, 15 supplementary

required, not held Internet of Things required
required, not held integrated development environment software required
required, not held tools for software configuration management required
required, not held industrial software required

optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Xcode optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held trading software optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held screen reader optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held design application interfaces required
required, not held use software design patterns required
required, not held create flowchart diagram required

optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
optional, not held design user interface optional
optional, not held develop creative ideas optional

04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held interpret technical texts required

optional, not held collect customer feedback on applications optional
optional, not held identify customer requirements optional

05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held ICT security legislation optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a industrial mobile devices software developer 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 45 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
already held computer programming knowledge
already held embedded systems knowledge
already held mobile operating systems knowledge
already held use different communication channels skill
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Android (mobile operating systems) knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held BlackBerry knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held CoffeeScript knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Erlang knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held iOS knowledge
already held mobile device software frameworks knowledge

30 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Xcode optional
optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
optional, not held design user interface optional
optional, not held integrate system components optional
optional, not held migrate existing data optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held provide connected car solutions optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held trading software optional
optional, not held use automatic programming optional
optional, not held use concurrent programming optional
optional, not held use functional programming optional
optional, not held use logic programming optional
optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held collect customer feedback on applications optional
optional, not held develop creative ideas optional
optional, not held identify customer requirements optional
optional, not held screen reader optional
optional, not held use word processing software optional

29 held skills the industrial mobile devices software developer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
not needed by the target role assist customers skill
not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role disassemble mobile devices skill
not needed by the target role distributed directory information services knowledge
not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
not needed by the target role handle warranty for digital equipment skill
not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
not needed by the target role hardware components suppliers knowledge
not needed by the target role identify ICT security risks skill
not needed by the target role implement ICT recovery system skill
not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
not needed by the target role manage localisation skill
not needed by the target role mobile device management knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
not needed by the target role operate recycling processing equipment skill
not needed by the target role perform backups skill
not needed by the target role repair ICT devices skill
not needed by the target role repair mobile devices skill
not needed by the target role software components libraries knowledge
not needed by the target role software components suppliers knowledge
not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
not needed by the target role use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs skill
not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
not needed by the target role use repair manuals skill

20 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 Internet of Things required
required, not held integrated development environment software required
required, not held tools for software configuration management required
required, not held industrial software required
optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Xcode optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held trading software optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held screen reader optional

Index

Other moves recorded from mobile devices technician

Full index of moves from mobile devices 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.