Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a telecommunications manager can go next

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

Telecommunications managers coordinate telecommunications staff activities for installing, troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining telecommunications equipment and infrastructure. They oversee the research, evaluation and implementation of new technologies and ensure a safe working environment for the employees. They supervise the inventory of supplies as well as user and customer assistance actions.

Also known as communications manager, telecommunications commissioning manager, ICT manager, telecommunications managers, telecommunications services manager, telecommunications technician supervisor, telecommunications development manager, telecommunications equipment manager, telecommunications installation manager, telecommunications project manager, telecommunications systems manager, telecoms manager.

Managers 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: telecommunications analyst, 33%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
telecommunications analyst 33% covered ICT operations manager 25% covered correctional services manager 20% covered telecommunications engineerin… 18% covered ICT project manager 18% covered telecommunications manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from telecommunications manager, 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 manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A telecommunications manager needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • telecom regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use ICT ticketing system working with computers
  • implement ICT risk management information skills
  • execute ICT audits information skills
  • ICT communications protocols engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • coordinate technological activities management skills
  • comply with legal regulations assisting and caring
  • recruit employees management skills
  • manage budgets management skills
  • manage staff management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Telecommunications manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 manager’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.