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A mobile phone repair technician already meets 61% of what the office equipment repair technician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
61%
44.6/ 100
1 Share of the office equipment 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 this move works
A office equipment repair technician role treats 10 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
- maintain customer service
- maintain equipment
- maintain records of maintenance interventions
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 · What you already bring
Of the 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A office equipment 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.
- already held report to the team leader information skills
- already held use repair manuals information skills
- already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held keep stock records information skills
- already held provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held make independent operating decisions management skills
All 26 carried skills, including the 10 the office equipment repair technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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.
- required, not held perform minor repairs to equipment required
- required, not held repair electronic components required
- required, not held repair equipment on site required
- required, not held replace defect components required
- required, not held use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs required
- required, not held instruct clients on the usage of office equipment required
- optional, not held sell office equipment optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held set up office equipment required
- optional, not held process payments optional
- required, not held perform maintenance on installed equipment required
- optional, not held transport office equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble machines optional
- optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a office equipment repair technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 instruct clients on the usage of office equipment skill · occupation specific
- 02 set up office equipment skill · occupation specific
- 03 perform maintenance on installed equipment skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 26 skills that carry over
- already held apply company policies skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held electronics knowledge
- 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 drive vehicles skill
- already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held keep stock records 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
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held sell office equipment optional
- optional, not held transport office equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble machines optional
- optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
21 held skills the office equipment repair technician role does not ask for
- 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 develop professional network 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 hardware components suppliers knowledge
- not needed by the target role iOS knowledge
- 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 install software 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
- not needed by the target role work in shifts skill
Other moves recorded from mobile phone repair technician
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.