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Where an ICT technician can go next

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

ICT technicians install, maintain, repair and operate information systems and any ICT related equipment (laptops, desktops, servers, tablets, smart phones, communications equipment, printers and any piece of computer related peripheral networks), and any type of software (drivers, operating systems, applications).

Also known as computer operator, IT officer, IT technician, IT assistant, information systems technician, ICT engineer, IT engineer.

Technicians and associate professionals 80 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: numerical tool and process control programmer, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
numerical tool and process co… 69% covered computer-aided design operator 63% covered mobile devices technician 57% covered system configurator 44% covered ICT network administrator 44% covered ICT technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ICT technician, 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 technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An ICT technician needs 23 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
  • define firewall rules working with computers
  • distributed directory information services information and communication technologies (icts)
  • manage email hosting service working with computers
  • maintain ICT system working with computers
  • repair ICT devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • ICT network cable limitations information and communication technologies (icts)
  • maintain ICT server working with computers
  • implement ICT recovery system working with computers
  • keep up to date on product knowledge information skills
  • operate private branch exchange working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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ICT technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

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