communication infrastructure maintainertotelecommunications equipment maintainer
A communication infrastructure maintainer already meets 37% of what the telecommunications equipment maintainer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
37%
55.3/ 100
1 Share of the telecommunications equipment maintainer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the communication infrastructure maintainer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A telecommunications equipment maintainer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a communication infrastructure maintainer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ICT network cable limitations
- assess telecommunication infrastructure issues
- install low voltage wiring
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications equipment maintainer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a communication infrastructure maintainer background worth leading with.
- already held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues information skills
- already held ICT network cable limitations information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held use a complex communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held install low voltage wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held implement a firewall working with computers
All 8 carried skills, including the 3 the telecommunications equipment maintainer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held maintain radio communications equipment required
- required, not held operate remote broadcast equipment required
- required, not held operate two-way radio systems required
- required, not held calibrate electronic instruments required
- required, not held repair wiring required
- optional, not held install signal repeaters optional
- optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- required, not held solder electronics required
- optional, not held use precision tools optional
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
- optional, not held meet deadlines optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a telecommunications equipment maintainer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain radio communications equipment skill · sector specific
- 02 operate remote broadcast equipment skill · sector specific
- 03 operate two-way radio systems skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held ICT network cable limitations knowledge
- already held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues skill
- already held install low voltage wiring skill
- already held implement ICT security policies skill
- already held implement a firewall skill
- already held implement a virtual private network skill
- already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
- already held use a complex communication system skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
- optional, not held install signal repeaters optional
- optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
- optional, not held meet deadlines optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- optional, not held use precision tools optional
18 held skills the telecommunications equipment maintainer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Cisco knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT network routing knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT networking hardware knowledge
- not needed by the target role concepts of telecommunications knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
- not needed by the target role inspect cables skill
- not needed by the target role install cable TV services skill
- not needed by the target role install electronic communication equipment skill
- not needed by the target role monitor communication channels' performance skill
- not needed by the target role operate digging construction equipment skill
- not needed by the target role procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role seal wires skill
- not needed by the target role splice cable skill
- not needed by the target role telecom regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role telecommunication trunking knowledge
- not needed by the target role use back-up and recovery tools skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
Other moves recorded from communication infrastructure maintainer
- ICT network technician 43% covered · substantial
- telecommunications technician 40% covered · substantial
- ICT network architect 22% covered · career change
- radio technician 21% covered · career change
Full index of moves from communication infrastructure maintainer
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.