Where a communication infrastructure maintainer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a communication infrastructure maintainer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Communication infrastructure maintainers install, repair, run and maintain infrastructure for communication systems.
Also known as telecoms infrastructure technician, communication equipment maintainer, telecoms infrastructure engineer, cable technician, communication infrastructure maintainers, communication hardware maintainer.
Craft and related trades workers 26 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT network technician, 43%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A communication infrastructure maintainer needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- assess telecommunication infrastructure issues information skills
- operate digging construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- ICT network cable limitations information and communication technologies (icts)
- concepts of telecommunications engineering, manufacturing and construction
- monitor communication channels' performance information skills
- telecommunication trunking engineering, manufacturing and construction
- ICT networking hardware information and communication technologies (icts)
- ICT network routing information and communication technologies (icts)
- install electronic communication equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- procurement of ICT network equipment information and communication technologies (icts)
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a communication infrastructure maintainer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- telecommunications technician 71% covered · difficulty 29.9
- telecommunications engineer 60% covered · difficulty 41.3
- ICT network technician 57% covered · difficulty 42.8
- ICT network architect 39% covered · difficulty 59.8
- telecommunications equipment maintainer 27% covered · difficulty 69.1
- telephone switchboard operator 25% covered · difficulty 70.6
- radio technician 21% covered · difficulty 73.8
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Communication infrastructure maintainer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a communication infrastructure maintainer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.