Career Overlap Transition record
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Database designer to data centre operator

A database designer already meets 48% of what the data centre operator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From database designer
48 % overlap
Partial match
To data centre operator
27 You already bring
9 Still to learn
49 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.3/ 100

1 How much of what a data centre operator is expected to do is already part of a database designer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the data centre operator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A data centre operator role treats 5 of its required skills as things a database designer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • database management systems
  • manage database
  • migrate existing data
  • query languages
  • resource description framework query language

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

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 data centre operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a database designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held CA Datacom/DB information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Filemaker (database management systems) information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held IBM Informix information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held MySQL information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held ObjectStore information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held OpenEdge Database information and communication technologies (icts)

All 27 carried skills, including the 5 the data centre operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 working with computers 6 required, 6 supplementary
  • still to learn administer ICT system required
  • still to learn analyse ICT system required
  • still to learn balance database resources required
  • still to learn maintain ICT server required
  • still to learn maintain database performance required
  • still to learn maintain database security required
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held integrate system components optional
  • optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
02 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn keep up with the latest information systems solutions required
  • optional, not held control of expenses optional
03 constructing 1 required
  • still to learn monitor system performance required
04 management skills 1 required
  • still to learn develop contingency plans for emergencies required
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held business ICT systems optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a data centre operator 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 database management systems knowledge
  • already held manage database skill
  • already held migrate existing data skill
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
  • already held CA Datacom/DB knowledge
  • already held DB2 knowledge
  • already held Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
  • already held IBM Informix knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Access knowledge
  • already held MySQL knowledge
  • already held N1QL knowledge
  • already held ObjectStore knowledge
  • already held OpenEdge Database knowledge
  • already held PostgreSQL knowledge
  • already held SPARQL knowledge
  • already held SQL Server knowledge
  • already held Teradata Database knowledge
  • already held XQuery knowledge
  • already held data models knowledge
  • already held database development tools knowledge
  • already held develop automated migration methods skill
  • already held unstructured data knowledge
  • already held use databases skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held business ICT systems optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held integrate system components optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held control of expenses optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
76 held skills the data centre operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ABAP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
  • not needed by the target role APL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ASP.NET knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C# knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role COBOL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Common Lisp knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Groovy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Haskell knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Lisp knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MATLAB knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MarkLogic knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Objective-C knowledge
  • not needed by the target role OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Relational Database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle WebLogic knowledge
  • not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Perl knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role R knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAP R3 knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAS language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Scala knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge

36 further entries not listed here

4 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 pick up Tier
  • optional, not held business ICT systems optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
Index

Other moves recorded from database designer

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a database designer become a data centre operator?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A database designer already covers 48% of what a data centre operator is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 5 of which the data centre operator role treats as required.

What skills does a database designer need to become a data centre operator?

9 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is administer ICT system.

How hard is the move from database designer to data centre operator?

Its learning distance is 57.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.