Career Overlap Transition record
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ICT integration tester to ICT accessibility tester

An ICT integration tester already meets 45% of what the ICT accessibility tester role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT integration tester
45 % overlap
Partial match
To ICT accessibility tester
27 You already bring
14 Still to learn
49 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.1/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

An ICT accessibility tester role treats 7 of its required skills as things an ICT integration tester already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • address problems critically
  • execute software tests
  • levels of software testing
  • provide software testing documentation
  • replicate customer software issues
  • report test findings

What stands in the way is 14 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. An ICT accessibility tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT integration tester background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held replicate customer software issues working with computers
  • already held develop automated software tests communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide software testing documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop ICT test suite communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held conduct ICT code review working with computers
  • already held tools for ICT test automation information and communication technologies (icts)

All 27 carried skills, including the 7 the ICT accessibility tester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 7 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT accessibility standards required
  • still to learn application usability required
  • still to learn human-computer interaction required
  • still to learn World Wide Web Consortium standards required
  • still to learn screen reader required
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held web programming optional
02 information skills 4 required
  • still to learn execute ICT user research activities required
  • still to learn test system accessibility for users with special needs required
  • still to learn test for behavioural patterns required
  • still to learn test for emotional patterns required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn conduct research interview required
  • optional, not held design user interface optional
  • optional, not held give live presentation optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn behavioural science required
  • optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
05 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn use experience map required
  • optional, not held use markup languages optional
06 constructing 1 required
  • still to learn measure software usability required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an ICT accessibility tester 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 address problems critically skill
  • already held execute software tests skill
  • already held levels of software testing knowledge
  • already held provide software testing documentation skill
  • already held replicate customer software issues skill
  • already held report test findings skill
  • already held use an application-specific interface skill
  • already held Agile project management knowledge
  • already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
  • already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held N1QL knowledge
  • already held Process-based management knowledge
  • already held SPARQL knowledge
  • already held XQuery knowledge
  • already held conduct ICT code review skill
  • already held debug software skill
  • already held develop ICT test suite skill
  • already held develop automated software tests skill
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held manage schedule of tasks skill
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
  • already held tools for ICT test automation knowledge
  • already held use scripting programming skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 management skills 1 required
  • still to learn assess users' interaction with ICT applications required
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held design user interface optional
  • optional, not held use markup languages optional
  • optional, not held web programming optional
  • optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
  • optional, not held give live presentation optional
10 held skills the ICT accessibility tester role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT network simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute integration testing skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate system components skill
  • not needed by the target role inter-organisational middleware system knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage system testing skill
  • not needed by the target role perform software recovery testing skill
  • not needed by the target role software anomalies 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn ICT accessibility standards required
  • still to learn application usability required
  • still to learn human-computer interaction required
  • still to learn World Wide Web Consortium standards required
  • still to learn behavioural science required
  • still to learn screen reader required
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held web programming optional
  • optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT integration tester become an ICT accessibility tester?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT integration tester already covers 45% of what an ICT accessibility tester is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 7 of which the ICT accessibility tester role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT integration tester need to become an ICT accessibility tester?

14 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is ICT accessibility standards.

How hard is the move from ICT integration tester to ICT accessibility tester?

Its learning distance is 61.1 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.