RecordMove

ICT capacity planner to IT auditor

An ICT capacity planner already meets 25% of what the IT auditor role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From ICT capacity planner

Distant match

To IT auditor

7 You already bring

13 Still to learn

37 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.8/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what an IT auditor is expected to do is already part of an ICT capacity planner’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 IT auditor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An IT auditor role treats 6 of its required skills as things an ICT capacity planner already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

ICT process quality models
ICT security standards
ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
execute ICT audits
improve business processes
systems development life-cycle

What stands in the way is 13 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An IT auditor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT capacity planner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards assisting and caring
already held ICT process quality models information and communication technologies (icts)
already held ICT security standards information and communication technologies (icts)
already held execute ICT audits information skills
already held improve business processes management skills
already held systems development life-cycle information and communication technologies (icts)

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the IT auditor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 9 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 business, administration and law 7 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn ICT quality policy required
still to learn ICT security legislation required
still to learn organisational resilience required
still to learn product life-cycle required
still to learn audit techniques required
still to learn legal requirements of ICT products required
still to learn quality standards required

optional, not held ICT project management optional

02 management skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn develop audit plan required
still to learn perform quality audits required

optional, not held develop ICT workflow optional
optional, not held define organisational standards optional

03 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn analyse ICT system required
still to learn perform ICT security testing required

optional, not held manage IT security compliances optional

04 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn prepare financial auditing reports required

optional, not held identify ICT security risks optional
optional, not held identify legal requirements optional
optional, not held monitor technology trends optional

05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required

still to learn engineering processes required

06 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 supplementary

optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held ICT network security risks optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an IT auditor 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 7 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT process quality models knowledge
already held ICT security standards knowledge
already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
already held execute ICT audits skill
already held improve business processes skill
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
already held cloud technologies knowledge

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary

optional, not held communicate analytical insights optional
optional, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements optional
optional, not held inform on workplace safety standards optional

08 assisting and caring 2 supplementary

optional, not held apply information security policies optional
optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional

09 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held cyber security optional

17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held ICT network security risks optional
optional, not held ICT project management optional
optional, not held apply information security policies optional
optional, not held communicate analytical insights optional
optional, not held cyber security optional
optional, not held develop ICT workflow optional
optional, not held identify ICT security risks optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held manage IT security compliances optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held define organisational standards optional
optional, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements optional
optional, not held identify legal requirements optional
optional, not held inform on workplace safety standards optional
optional, not held monitor technology trends optional
optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional

41 held skills the IT auditor role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT capacity planning strategies knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
not needed by the target role LDAP knowledge
not needed by the target role LINQ knowledge
not needed by the target role MDX knowledge
not needed by the target role N1QL knowledge
not needed by the target role SPARQL knowledge
not needed by the target role XQuery knowledge
not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
not needed by the target role collect customer feedback on applications skill
not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
not needed by the target role create database diagrams skill
not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role deploy ICT systems skill
not needed by the target role design database scheme skill
not needed by the target role design process skill
not needed by the target role develop financial statistics reports skill
not needed by the target role forecast workload skill
not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
not needed by the target role perform business analysis skill
not needed by the target role perform project management skill
not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
not needed by the target role plan ICT capacity skill
not needed by the target role plan migration to cloud skill
not needed by the target role provide ICT consulting advice skill
not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
not needed by the target role provide user documentation skill
not needed by the target role query languages knowledge
not needed by the target role resource description framework query language knowledge
not needed by the target role statistical analysis system software knowledge
not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill

1 further entry not listed here

14 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

still to learn ICT quality policy required
still to learn ICT security legislation required
still to learn engineering processes required
still to learn organisational resilience required
still to learn product life-cycle required
still to learn audit techniques required
still to learn legal requirements of ICT products required
still to learn quality standards required
optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held ICT network security risks optional
optional, not held ICT project management optional
optional, not held cyber security optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT capacity planner

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT capacity planner become an IT auditor?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT capacity planner already covers 25% of what an IT auditor is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 6 of which the IT auditor role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT capacity planner need to become an IT auditor?

13 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is ICT quality policy.

How hard is the move from ICT capacity planner to IT auditor?

Its learning distance is 74.8 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.