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

radio techniciantocommunication infrastructure maintainer

A radio technician already meets 21% of what the communication infrastructure maintainer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From radio technician
21%
Overlap1
To communication infrastructure maintainer
7 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
73.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

21%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.8/ 100

1 Share of the communication infrastructure maintainer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the radio 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 communication infrastructure maintainer role treats 2 of its required skills as things a radio technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • install electronic communication equipment
  • install low voltage wiring

What stands in the way is 11 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A communication infrastructure maintainer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a radio technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held inspect cables constructing
  • already held use a complex communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held install electronic communication equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held install low voltage wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held implement a firewall working with computers

All 7 carried skills, including the 2 the communication infrastructure maintainer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT network cable limitations required
  • required, not held ICT network routing required
  • required, not held ICT network security risks required
  • required, not held procurement of ICT network equipment required
  • required, not held ICT networking hardware required
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT communications protocols required
  • required, not held concepts of telecommunications required
  • required, not held telecommunication trunking required
  • optional, not held telecom regulations optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues required
  • required, not held monitor communication channels' performance required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held operate digging construction equipment required
  • optional, not held install cable TV services optional
  • optional, not held seal wires optional
  • optional, not held splice cable optional
05 working with computers 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a communication infrastructure maintainer 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held install electronic communication equipment skill
  • already held install low voltage wiring skill
  • already held implement a firewall skill
  • already held implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held inspect cables skill
  • already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
  • already held use a complex communication system skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held install cable TV services optional
  • optional, not held telecom regulations optional
  • optional, not held seal wires optional
  • optional, not held splice cable optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
19 held skills the communication infrastructure maintainer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analog electronics theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assemble telecommunications devices skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role electromagnetism knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
  • not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role install monitors for process control skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret electronic design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret technical information for electronic repair work skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain radio communications equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain theatre equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
  • not needed by the target role microwave principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate electronic measuring instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role operate signal generator skill
  • not needed by the target role solder electronics skill
  • not needed by the target role use repair manuals skill
10 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 communications protocols required
  • required, not held ICT network cable limitations required
  • required, not held ICT network routing required
  • required, not held ICT network security risks required
  • required, not held concepts of telecommunications required
  • required, not held procurement of ICT network equipment required
  • required, not held telecommunication trunking required
  • required, not held ICT networking hardware required
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
  • optional, not held telecom regulations optional
Index

Other moves recorded from radio technician

Full index of moves from radio 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.