ICT environmental manager to ICT operations manager
An ICT environmental manager already meets 21% of what the ICT operations manager role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
77.9/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT operations manager is expected to do is already part of an ICT environmental manager’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 ICT operations manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT operations manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things an ICT environmental manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- develop ICT workflow
- manage budgets
- train employees
What stands in the way is 15 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT operations manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT environmental manager background worth leading with.
- already held develop ICT workflow management skills
- already held crowdsourcing strategy business, administration and law
- already held insourcing strategy business, administration and law
- already held outsourcing strategy business, administration and law
- already held coordinate technological activities management skills
- already held systems development life-cycle information and communication technologies (icts)
All 10 carried skills, including the 3 the ICT operations manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- still to learn define technology strategy required
- still to learn improve business processes required
- still to learn manage staff required
- still to learn perform project management required
- optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
- optional, not held develop information standards optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- still to learn attend to ICT systems quality required
- still to learn manage changes in ICT system required
- still to learn use ICT ticketing system required
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
- still to learn maintain relationship with suppliers required
- still to learn design process required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- still to learn innovation processes required
- still to learn operations management required
- optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- still to learn digital systems required
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held software components suppliers optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
- still to learn oversee quality control required
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT operations manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 attend to ICT systems quality practise this
- 02 define technology strategy practise this
- 03 innovation processes study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held develop ICT workflow skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held train employees skill
- already held coordinate technological activities skill
- already held crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
- already held insourcing strategy knowledge
- already held outsourcing strategy knowledge
- already held perform procurement processes skill
- already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn track key performance indicators required
- optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
- optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held software components suppliers optional
- optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held develop information standards optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
30 held skills the ICT operations manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
- not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role conduct environmental surveys skill
- not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
- not needed by the target role design computer network skill
- not needed by the target role develop environmental policy skill
- not needed by the target role embedded systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role emergent technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with company regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
- not needed by the target role environmental management monitors knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental management standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
- not needed by the target role green computing knowledge
- not needed by the target role hardware materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
- not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
- not needed by the target role network management system tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform ICT security testing skill
- not needed by the target role product life-cycle knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
- not needed by the target role protect the environment from the impact of the digital technologies skill
- not needed by the target role report on environmental issues skill
- not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn innovation processes required
- still to learn operations management required
- still to learn digital systems required
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held software components suppliers optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
Other moves recorded from ICT environmental manager
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT environmental manager become an ICT operations manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT environmental manager already covers 21% of what an ICT operations manager is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 3 of which the ICT operations manager role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT environmental manager need to become an ICT operations manager?
15 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is attend to ICT systems quality.
How hard is the move from ICT environmental manager to ICT operations manager?
Its learning distance is 77.9 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.