Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

consumer electronics repair techniciantomobile phone repair technician

A consumer electronics repair technician already meets 51% of what the mobile phone repair technician role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From consumer electronics repair technician
51%
Overlap1
To mobile phone repair technician
27 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
56.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 56.4

This move: 56.4 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the mobile phone repair technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the consumer electronics repair technician 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mobile phone repair technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a consumer electronics repair technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held report to the team leader information skills
  • already held use repair manuals information skills
  • already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held keep stock records information skills
  • already held provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held make independent operating decisions management skills

All 27 carried skills, including the 9 the mobile phone repair technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 9 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information and communication technologies (icts) 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held Android (mobile operating systems) required
  • required, not held BlackBerry required
  • required, not held iOS required
  • required, not held mobile device software frameworks required
  • required, not held mobile operating systems required
  • optional, not held mobile device management optional
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held disassemble mobile devices required
  • required, not held operate two-way radio systems required
  • required, not held repair mobile devices required
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held handle warranty for digital equipment required
04 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held perform test run required
05 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held use precision tools required
06 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held maintain records of maintenance interventions required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mobile phone repair technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 27 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply company policies skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held provide customer follow-up services skill
  • already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held use repair manuals skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held assist customers skill
  • already held communicate by telephone skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held drive vehicles skill
  • already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
  • already held issue sales invoices skill
  • already held keep stock records skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held make independent operating decisions skill
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • already held manage schedule of tasks skill
  • already held negotiate supplier arrangements skill
  • already held order supplies skill
  • already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
  • already held report to the team leader skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held install software optional
08 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held sell telecommunication products optional
  • optional, not held work in shifts optional
09 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held mobile device management optional
  • optional, not held sell telecommunication products optional
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held install software optional
  • optional, not held work in shifts optional
8 held skills the mobile phone repair technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role consumer electronics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
  • not needed by the target role repair equipment on site skill
  • not needed by the target role replace defect components skill
  • not needed by the target role sell consumer electronics skill
  • not needed by the target role set up consumer electronics skill
  • not needed by the target role solve technical problems skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held Android (mobile operating systems) required
  • required, not held BlackBerry required
  • required, not held iOS required
  • required, not held mobile device software frameworks required
  • required, not held mobile operating systems required
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held mobile device management optional
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
Index

Other moves recorded from consumer electronics repair technician

Full index of moves from consumer electronics repair technician

Note

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.