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

mobile phone repair techniciantocomputer hardware repair technician

A mobile phone repair technician already meets 66% of what the computer hardware repair technician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mobile phone repair technician
66%
Overlap1
To computer hardware repair technician
31 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
40.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

66%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

40.5/ 100

1 Share of the computer hardware repair technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mobile phone repair 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 computer hardware repair technician role treats 12 of its required skills as things a mobile phone repair technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply company policies
  • create solutions to problems
  • electronics
  • hardware components suppliers
  • implement a virtual private network
  • maintain customer service

What stands in the way is 8 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 31 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A computer hardware repair technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mobile phone repair technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held hardware components suppliers business, administration and law
  • already held report to the team leader information skills
  • already held install software working with computers
  • already held use repair manuals information skills
  • already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held implement a firewall working with computers

All 31 carried skills, including the 12 the computer hardware repair technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 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 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held use ICT hardware required
  • required, not held assemble hardware components required
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
  • optional, not held use e-services optional
02 constructing 2 required
  • required, not held test computer hardware required
  • required, not held perform maintenance on installed equipment required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held repair equipment on site required
  • required, not held replace defect components required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held demonstrate use of hardware required
  • optional, not held train employees optional
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held ICT hardware specifications required
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a computer hardware repair technician 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 31 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply company policies skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held hardware components suppliers knowledge
  • already held implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held provide customer follow-up services skill
  • already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
  • already held use repair manuals skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held communicate by telephone skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held drive vehicles skill
  • already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
  • already held implement a firewall skill
  • already held install software skill
  • already held issue sales invoices skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held make independent operating decisions skill
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • already held manage schedule of tasks skill
  • already held negotiate supplier arrangements skill
  • already held order supplies skill
  • already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
  • already held report to the team leader skill
  • already held work in shifts skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held use e-services optional
16 held skills the computer hardware repair technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Android (mobile operating systems) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role BlackBerry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role disassemble mobile devices skill
  • not needed by the target role handle warranty for digital equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role iOS knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
  • not needed by the target role mobile device management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mobile device software frameworks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mobile operating systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate two-way radio systems skill
  • not needed by the target role repair mobile devices skill
  • not needed by the target role sell telecommunication products skill
  • not needed by the target role software components suppliers knowledge
  • not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
  • not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
1 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 hardware specifications required
Index

Other moves recorded from mobile phone repair technician

Full index of moves from mobile phone repair 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.