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

ICT documentation managertotechnical communicator

A ICT documentation manager already meets 16% of what the technical communicator role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT documentation manager
16%
Overlap1
To technical communicator
7 Skills carried over
20 Required, not held
84.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

16%

Learning distance A rebuild

84.3/ 100

1 Share of the technical communicator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT documentation manager 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

Why this move works

A technical communicator role treats 4 of its required skills as things a ICT documentation manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • content development processes
  • identify ICT user needs
  • manage content metadata
  • manage information sources

What stands in the way is 20 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. A technical communicator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT documentation manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ICT help platforms information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held manage information sources information skills
  • already held manage content metadata information skills
  • already held manage content development projects management skills
  • already held content development processes arts and humanities
  • already held manage localisation communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the technical communicator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 39 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 working with computers 4 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held develop ICT safety information required
  • required, not held integrate content into output media required
  • required, not held apply tools for content development required
  • required, not held conduct content quality assurance required
  • optional, not held provide multimedia content optional
  • optional, not held use markup languages optional
  • optional, not held integrate and re-elaborate digital content optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held use content management system software optional
  • optional, not held use presentation software optional
  • optional, not held use word processing software optional
  • optional, not held utilise content types optional
02 information skills 4 required
  • required, not held interpret technical texts required
  • required, not held compile content required
  • required, not held gather technical information required
  • required, not held structure information required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held apply ICT terminology required
  • required, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements required
  • required, not held provide written content required
  • optional, not held create script for artistic production optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
  • optional, not held identify technological needs optional
  • optional, not held translate requirements into visual design optional
04 arts and humanities 3 required
  • required, not held publishing strategy required
  • required, not held visual presentation techniques required
  • required, not held multimedia systems required
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT software specifications required
  • required, not held knowledge base required
  • optional, not held CSS optional
  • optional, not held JSSS optional
  • optional, not held LESS optional
  • optional, not held Sass optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held style sheet languages optional
06 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required
  • required, not held documentation types required
  • required, not held cognitive psychology required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a technical communicator 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 content development processes knowledge
  • already held identify ICT user needs skill
  • already held manage content metadata skill
  • already held manage information sources skill
  • already held ICT help platforms knowledge
  • already held manage content development projects skill
  • already held manage localisation skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held provide technical documentation required
08 services 1 required
  • required, not held product usage risks analysis required
09 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held provide online help optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held provide online help optional
  • optional, not held CSS optional
  • optional, not held JSSS optional
  • optional, not held LESS optional
  • optional, not held Sass optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held create script for artistic production optional
  • optional, not held provide multimedia content optional
  • optional, not held use markup languages optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
  • optional, not held identify technological needs optional
  • optional, not held integrate and re-elaborate digital content optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held style sheet languages optional
  • optional, not held translate requirements into visual design optional
  • optional, not held use content management system software optional
  • optional, not held use presentation software optional
  • optional, not held use word processing software optional
  • optional, not held utilise content types optional
30 held skills the technical communicator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply change management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
  • not needed by the target role develop media strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate internal communications skill
  • not needed by the target role document management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role identify market requirements for ICT documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage human resources skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
  • not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
  • not needed by the target role provide guidelines for content development skill
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
  • not needed by the target role supplier management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
  • not needed by the target role usability engineering knowledge
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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held ICT software specifications required
  • required, not held documentation types required
  • required, not held publishing strategy required
  • required, not held visual presentation techniques required
  • required, not held cognitive psychology required
  • required, not held knowledge base required
  • required, not held multimedia systems required
  • required, not held product usage risks analysis required
  • optional, not held CSS optional
  • optional, not held JSSS optional
  • optional, not held LESS optional
  • optional, not held Sass optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held style sheet languages optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT documentation manager

Full index of moves from ICT documentation manager

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.