Where an ICT network technician can go next
10 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an 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.
Also known as system engineer, assistant network administrator, networks technician, network engineer, IT network technician, network technician, network maintenance professional, network technicians.
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
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An ICT network technician needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- analyse network configuration and performance working with computers
- ICT network cable limitations information and communication technologies (icts)
- adjust ICT system capacity working with computers
- install signal repeaters working with machinery and specialised equipment
- maintain internet protocol configuration working with computers
- analyse network bandwidth requirements working with computers
- implement ICT network diagnostic tools working with computers
- ICT networking hardware information and communication technologies (icts)
- network standards information and communication technologies (icts)
- ICT network routing information and communication technologies (icts)
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an ICT network technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- ICT network administrator 67% covered · difficulty 38.4
- ICT network architect 58% covered · difficulty 48.2
- communication infrastructure maintainer 43% covered · difficulty 61.9
- ICT system administrator 39% covered · difficulty 64.9
- telecommunications technician 37% covered · difficulty 67
- telecommunications equipment maintainer 24% covered · difficulty 77.4
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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
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an ICT network technician’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.