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Where a telecommunications engineering technician can go next

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

Telecommunications engineering technician deploy, maintain and monitor a telecommunication system that provides interactions between data and voice communications, such as telephone, video conferencing, computer, and voicemail systems. They are also involved in the design, manufacturing, construction, maintenance and repair of telecommunication systems. Telecommunications engineering technicians provide technical assistance in the research and development of telecommunication equipment.

Also known as telecommunications administrators, telecoms administrator, communication administrator, telecom administrator, communications administrator, telecommunications administrator, telecommunication administrator.

Technicians and associate professionals 76 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 62% covered telecommunications analyst 60% covered telecommunications engineer 56% covered integration engineer 45% 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 engineering 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 telecommunications engineering 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 telecommunications engineering technician 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
  • analog electronics theory engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • direct inward dialing business, administration and law
  • use session border controller working with computers
  • upgrade firmware working with computers
  • install monitors for process control working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • support ICT system users communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use a complex communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • apply ICT system usage policies assisting and caring
  • apply system organisational policies assisting and caring
  • electromagnetism natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Telecommunications engineering technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 engineering 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.