Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a telecommunications engineer can go next

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

Telecommunications engineers design, build, test and maintain telecommunication systems and networks, including radio and broadcasting equipment.

Also known as radio engineer, transmission engineer, broadcast engineer, communications designer, telecoms engineer, information systems engineer, telecom engineer, telecommunications technologist, communications engineer, telecommunications designer, telecommunications engineers.

Professionals 91 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: numerical tool and process control programmer, 68%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
numerical tool and process co… 68% covered computer-aided design operator 65% covered communication infrastructure … 60% covered telecommunications engineerin… 59% covered ICT network architect 52% covered telecommunications engine… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from telecommunications engineer, 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 telecommunications engineer 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 telecommunications engineer needs 25 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
  • estimate costs of installing telecommunication devices information skills
  • signal processing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • telecommunication industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use session border controller working with computers
  • adjust ICT system capacity working with computers
  • provide ICT system training communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse network bandwidth requirements working with computers
  • support ICT system users communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use a complex communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • design computer network communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Telecommunications engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 telecommunications engineer’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.