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

telecommunications techniciantotelecommunications analyst

A telecommunications technician already meets 49% of what the telecommunications analyst role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From telecommunications technician
49%
Overlap1
To telecommunications analyst
16 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
55.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

49%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.7/ 100

1 Share of the telecommunications analyst 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 telecommunications analyst role treats 13 of its required skills as things a telecommunications technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT communications protocols
  • communicate with customers
  • direct inward dialing
  • execute analytical mathematical calculations
  • operate call distribution system
  • operate electronic measuring instruments

What stands in the way is 12 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 analyst 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 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 13 the telecommunications analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held provide ICT system training required
  • required, not held design process required
  • required, not held provide user documentation required
  • optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
  • optional, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held analog electronics theory required
  • required, not held electronics principles required
  • required, not held microwave principles required
03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse business processes required
  • required, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports required
  • optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held calibrate electronic instruments required
  • required, not held install monitors for process control required
05 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held define technical requirements required
  • optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
  • optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held electromagnetism required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a telecommunications analyst 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 execute analytical mathematical calculations 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 telecom regulations knowledge
  • already held telecommunication trunking knowledge
  • already held upgrade firmware skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held use session border controller skill
  • already held Cisco knowledge
  • already held log transmitter readings skill
  • already held solder electronics skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
  • optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
  • optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
  • optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
  • optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional
  • optional, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems optional
29 held skills the telecommunications analyst role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess telecommunication infrastructure issues skill
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role concepts of telecommunications knowledge
  • 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 ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
  • 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 implement anti-virus software skill
  • not needed by the target role install cable TV services skill
  • not needed by the target role install electronic communication equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role install low voltage wiring skill
  • not needed by the target role install signal repeaters skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain internet protocol configuration skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor communication channels' performance skill
  • not needed by the target role operate aerial work platforms skill
  • not needed by the target role operate digging construction equipment 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 seal wires skill
  • not needed by the target role splice cable skill
  • not needed by the target role use a complex communication system 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
6 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 analog electronics theory required
  • required, not held electromagnetism required
  • required, not held electronics principles required
  • required, not held microwave principles required
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
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.