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Where a mobile devices technician can go next

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

Mobile devices technicians carry out proper fault diagnosis to improve the quality of mobile devices and repair them. They provide information related to a number of services, including warranties and after-sale services.

Also known as cell phone devices technician, mobile equipment technician, mobile hardware technician, mobile technician, mobile devices technicians, mobile hardware maintainer, mobile equipment engineer.

Craft and related trades workers 74 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: numerical tool and process control programmer, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
numerical tool and process co… 66% covered computer-aided design operator 61% covered ICT technician 51% covered industrial mobile devices sof… 44% covered mobile phone repair technician 44% covered mobile devices technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from mobile devices 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 a mobile devices 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

A mobile devices technician 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
  • disassemble mobile devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • distributed directory information services information and communication technologies (icts)
  • repair mobile devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair ICT devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • handle warranty for digital equipment assisting and caring
  • implement ICT recovery system working with computers
  • mobile operating systems information and communication technologies (icts)
  • identify ICT security risks information skills
  • use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform backups working with computers
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Mobile devices technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 a mobile devices 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.