Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a telecommunications technician can go next

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

Telecommunications technicians install, test, maintain and troubleshoot telecommunications systems. They repair or replace defective devices and equipment and maintain a safe working environment and a complete inventory of supplies. They also provide user or customer assistance.

Also known as telecoms systems technician, communication technician, telecommunications installer, technician in telecommunications, telecommunications service technician, technician in satellite telecommunications, communication line technician, telecommunications technicians, communication line technicians, telecommunications equipment technician, technician in telecommunication systems, telecommunications equipment installer.

Craft and related trades workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: communication infrastructure maintainer, 71%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
communication infrastructure … 71% covered telecommunications equipment … 53% covered telecommunications analyst 49% covered radio technician 38% covered ICT network technician 37% covered telecommunications techni… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from telecommunications 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 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 technician needs 26 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
  • install cable TV services working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate call distribution system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate signal generator working with computers
  • operate digging construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • direct inward dialing business, administration and law
  • operate aerial work platforms working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • seal wires working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use session border controller working with computers
  • install signal repeaters working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • upgrade firmware working with computers
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Telecommunications technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a telecommunications 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.