Where a ICT network technician can go next
10 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a ICT network technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
ICT network technicians install, maintain and troubleshoot networks, data communications equipment and network installed devices such as printers and storage area networks. They also analyse and fix network-related problems reported by users.
Technicians and associate professionals 39 skills on file 10 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: communication infrastructure maintainer, 57%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- ICT network architect 45% covered · difficulty 65.1
- ICT network administrator 36% covered · difficulty 76
- telecommunications equipment maintainer 29% covered · difficulty 61.9
- ICT system administrator 27% covered · difficulty 80.5
- telecommunications technician 26% covered · difficulty 77.6
- ICT technician 26% covered · difficulty 81.5
- ICT network engineer 23% covered · difficulty 84.6
- telecommunications engineer 22% covered · difficulty 84.8
- radio technician 17% covered · difficulty 78.8
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ICT network technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a ICT network technician already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.