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Where an ICT application configurator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an ICT application configurator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

ICT application configurators identify, record, and maintain user-specific application configurations based upon user requirements and business rules. They configure generic software systems in order to create a specific version applied to an organisation's context. These configurations range from adjusting basic parameters through the creation of business rules and roles in the ICT system to developing specific modules (including the configuration of Commercial off-the-shelf systems (COTS). They also document configurations, perform configuration updates, and ensure the configurations are correctly implemented in the application.

Also known as app configurator, software application configurator, application configurators, application software configurator.

Professionals 79 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: embedded systems software developer, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from ICT application configurator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an ICT application configurator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An ICT application configurator needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

integrate ICT data working with computers
develop automated migration methods management skills
create flowchart diagram communication, collaboration and creativity
use software design patterns communication, collaboration and creativity
integrated development environment software information and communication technologies (icts)
tools for software configuration management information and communication technologies (icts)
use software libraries working with computers
collect customer feedback on applications information skills
migrate existing data working with computers
analyse software specifications working with computers

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an ICT application configurator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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ICT application configurator is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an ICT application configurator’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.