Where a mobile phone repair technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mobile phone repair technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Mobile phone repair technicians run tests to assess the mobile phones' functionality, install and update phone software, troubleshoot wiring problems, and replace damaged parts and components such as batteries, LCD screens, keypads, buttons. They also advise their clients on warranty issues and recommend products based on their expertise.
Also known as cellullar phone technician, hand held phone technician, cell phone repair technician, LCD technician, mobile phone repairman, mobile phone repairer, cell phone technician, communication equipment repair technician.
Craft and related trades workers 47 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: consumer electronics repair technician, 72%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- consumer electronics repair technician 72% covered · difficulty 31.7
- computer hardware repair technician 66% covered · difficulty 40.5
- office equipment repair technician 61% covered · difficulty 44.6
- household appliances repair technician 58% covered · difficulty 46.1
- ATM repair technician 56% covered · difficulty 46
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A mobile phone repair technician needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- disassemble mobile devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
- repair mobile devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
- handle warranty for digital equipment assisting and caring
- mobile device software frameworks information and communication technologies (icts)
- Android (mobile operating systems) information and communication technologies (icts)
- BlackBerry information and communication technologies (icts)
- iOS information and communication technologies (icts)
- mobile operating systems information and communication technologies (icts)
- operate two-way radio systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- use repair manuals information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mobile phone repair technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Mobile phone repair technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mobile phone repair 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.