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

telecommunications techniciantocommunication infrastructure maintainer

A telecommunications technician already meets 71% of what the communication infrastructure maintainer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From telecommunications technician
71%
Overlap1
To communication infrastructure maintainer
19 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
29.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

71%

Learning distance Short step

29.9/ 100

1 Share of the communication infrastructure maintainer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the telecommunications 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 9 of its required skills as things a telecommunications technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT communications protocols
  • assess telecommunication infrastructure issues
  • concepts of telecommunications
  • install electronic communication equipment
  • install low voltage wiring
  • monitor communication channels' performance

What stands in the way is 4 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 19 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 telecommunications technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held install cable TV services working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues information skills
  • already held operate digging construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held seal wires working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held concepts of telecommunications engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held monitor communication channels' performance information skills

All 19 carried skills, including the 9 the communication infrastructure maintainer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 missing skills fall into 4 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) 4 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 ICT networking hardware required
02 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect cables optional
03 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT communications protocols knowledge
  • already held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues skill
  • already held concepts of telecommunications knowledge
  • already held install electronic communication equipment skill
  • already held install low voltage wiring skill
  • already held monitor communication channels' performance skill
  • already held operate digging construction equipment skill
  • already held procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
  • already held telecommunication trunking knowledge
  • already held Cisco knowledge
  • already held implement ICT security policies skill
  • already held implement a firewall skill
  • already held implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held implement anti-virus software skill
  • already held install cable TV services skill
  • already held seal wires skill
  • already held splice cable skill
  • already held telecom regulations knowledge
  • already held use a complex communication system skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
  • optional, not held inspect cables optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
26 held skills the communication infrastructure maintainer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role design failover solutions skill
  • not needed by the target role direct inward dialing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • 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 signal repeaters skill
  • not needed by the target role log transmitter readings skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain internet protocol configuration skill
  • not needed by the target role operate aerial work platforms skill
  • not needed by the target role operate call distribution system skill
  • not needed by the target role operate electronic measuring instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role operate private branch exchange skill
  • not needed by the target role operate signal generator skill
  • not needed by the target role operate two-way radio systems skill
  • not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
  • not needed by the target role repair wiring skill
  • not needed by the target role solder electronics skill
  • not needed by the target role upgrade firmware skill
  • not needed by the target role use access control software skill
  • not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role use computer telephony integration skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role use session border controller skill
4 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 network cable limitations required
  • required, not held ICT network routing required
  • required, not held ICT network security risks required
  • required, not held ICT networking hardware required
Index

Other moves recorded from telecommunications technician

Full index of moves from telecommunications 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.