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

telecommunications analysttotelecommunications technician

A telecommunications analyst already meets 41% of what the telecommunications technician role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From telecommunications analyst
41%
Overlap1
To telecommunications technician
16 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
65.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

41%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.7/ 100

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

  • ICT communications protocols
  • communicate with customers
  • direct inward dialing
  • log transmitter readings
  • operate call distribution system
  • operate electronic measuring instruments

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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a telecommunications analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate call distribution system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held direct inward dialing business, administration and law
  • already held use session border controller working with computers
  • already held upgrade firmware working with computers
  • already held operate private branch exchange working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held telecommunication trunking engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 16 carried skills, including the 12 the telecommunications technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 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 machinery and specialised equipment 11 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held install cable TV services required
  • required, not held install electronic communication equipment required
  • required, not held install signal repeaters required
  • required, not held operate digging construction equipment required
  • required, not held operate two-way radio systems required
  • required, not held use communication equipment required
  • required, not held install low voltage wiring required
  • required, not held operate aerial work platforms required
  • required, not held repair wiring required
  • required, not held seal wires required
  • required, not held splice cable required
  • optional, not held use a complex communication system optional
02 working with computers 1 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held operate signal generator required
  • optional, not held design failover solutions optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held maintain internet protocol configuration optional
  • optional, not held use access control software optional
  • optional, not held use computer telephony integration optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
03 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held estimate duration of work required
  • optional, not held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues optional
  • optional, not held monitor communication channels' performance optional
  • optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held concepts of telecommunications required
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist customers optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a telecommunications 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT communications protocols knowledge
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held direct inward dialing knowledge
  • already held log transmitter readings skill
  • already held operate call distribution system skill
  • already held operate electronic measuring instruments skill
  • already held operate private branch exchange skill
  • already held procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
  • already held solder electronics skill
  • already held telecommunication trunking knowledge
  • already held upgrade firmware skill
  • already held use session border controller skill
  • already held Cisco knowledge
  • already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • already held telecom regulations knowledge
  • already held use different communication channels skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held design failover solutions optional
  • optional, not held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues optional
  • optional, not held assist customers optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held maintain internet protocol configuration optional
  • optional, not held monitor communication channels' performance optional
  • optional, not held use a complex communication system optional
  • optional, not held use access control software optional
  • optional, not held use computer telephony integration optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
19 held skills the telecommunications technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analog electronics theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business processes skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role design process skill
  • not needed by the target role electromagnetism knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role install monitors for process control skill
  • not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role microwave principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role propose ICT solutions to business problems skill
  • not needed by the target role provide ICT consulting advice skill
  • not needed by the target role provide ICT system training skill
  • not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • not needed by the target role provide user documentation 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 concepts of telecommunications required
Index

Other moves recorded from telecommunications analyst

Full index of moves from telecommunications analyst

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.