Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

ICT network administrator to ICT network technician

An ICT network administrator already meets 67% of what the ICT network technician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT network administrator
67 % overlap
Strong match
To ICT network technician
25 You already bring
6 Still to learn
39 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

38.4/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

An ICT network technician role treats 14 of its required skills as things an ICT network administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • ICT network routing
  • ICT network security risks
  • adjust ICT system capacity
  • analyse network bandwidth requirements
  • implement ICT network diagnostic tools
  • implement ICT security policies

What stands in the way is 6 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 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT network technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT network administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held adjust ICT system capacity working with computers
  • already held install signal repeaters working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held maintain internet protocol configuration working with computers
  • already held analyse network bandwidth requirements working with computers
  • already held implement ICT network diagnostic tools working with computers
  • already held Apache Tomcat information and communication technologies (icts)

All 25 carried skills, including the 14 the ICT network technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 14 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) 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT network cable limitations required
  • still to learn ICT networking hardware required
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
02 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse network configuration and performance required
  • optional, not held migrate existing data optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT security testing optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
04 handling and moving 1 required
  • still to learn use precision tools required
05 management skills 1 required
  • still to learn identify suppliers required
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
  • optional, not held concepts of telecommunications optional
  • optional, not held electronics principles optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an ICT network technician 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 25 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT network routing knowledge
  • already held ICT network security risks knowledge
  • already held adjust ICT system capacity skill
  • already held analyse network bandwidth requirements skill
  • already held implement ICT network diagnostic tools skill
  • already held implement ICT security policies skill
  • already held implement a firewall skill
  • already held implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held implement anti-virus software skill
  • already held install electronic communication equipment skill
  • already held install signal repeaters skill
  • already held maintain internet protocol configuration skill
  • already held network standards knowledge
  • already held use back-up and recovery tools skill
  • already held Apache Tomcat knowledge
  • already held Cisco knowledge
  • already held ICT security legislation knowledge
  • already held ICT system programming knowledge
  • already held digital systems knowledge
  • already held implement spam protection skill
  • already held network engineering knowledge
  • already held network management system tools knowledge
  • already held procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
  • already held remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill
  • already held use ICT hardware skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held solder electronics optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held concepts of telecommunications optional
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held electronics principles optional
  • optional, not held migrate existing data optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT security testing optional
  • optional, not held solder electronics optional
73 held skills the ICT network technician 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 Android (mobile operating systems) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role BlackBerry 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 performance analysis methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements 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 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 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 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
  • not needed by the target role Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role TypeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role VBScript knowledge

33 further entries not listed here

6 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 network cable limitations required
  • still to learn ICT networking hardware required
  • optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held concepts of telecommunications optional
  • optional, not held electronics principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT network administrator

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT network administrator become an ICT network technician?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. An ICT network administrator already covers 67% of what an ICT network technician is expected to do: 25 skills carry over, 14 of which the ICT network technician role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT network administrator need to become an ICT network technician?

6 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 network cable limitations.

How hard is the move from ICT network administrator to ICT network technician?

Its learning distance is 38.4 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.