Table 1Transition record

ICT network administratortoICT technician

A ICT network administrator already meets 58% of what the ICT technician role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT network administrator

58%

Overlap1

To ICT technician

52 Skills carried over

13 Required, not held

55.7 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

58%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.7/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the ICT technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT network administrator 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 ICT technician role treats 10 of its required skills as things a ICT network administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT network routing
define firewall rules
digital systems
implement a virtual private network
implement anti-virus software
maintain ICT server

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 52 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT network administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held define firewall rules working with computers
already held manage email hosting service working with computers
already held maintain ICT server working with computers
already held use ICT hardware working with computers
already held ICT network routing information and communication technologies (icts)
already held procurement of ICT network equipment information and communication technologies (icts)

All 52 carried skills, including the 10 the ICT technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 required, 7 supplementary

required, not held ICT network cable limitations required
required, not held attack vectors required
required, not held distributed directory information services required
required, not held ICT networking hardware required

optional, not held systems thinking optional
optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT encryption optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional

02 working with computers 4 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held administer ICT system required
required, not held implement ICT recovery system required
required, not held maintain ICT system required
required, not held perform ICT troubleshooting required

optional, not held configure ICT system optional
optional, not held manage ICT legacy implication optional
optional, not held use access control software optional

03 information skills 2 required

required, not held keep up to date on product knowledge required
required, not held use repair manuals required

04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required

required, not held operate private branch exchange required
required, not held repair ICT devices required

05 handling and moving 1 required

required, not held use precision tools required

06 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary

optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT 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 52 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT network routing knowledge
already held define firewall rules skill
already held digital systems knowledge
already held implement a virtual private network skill
already held implement anti-virus software skill
already held maintain ICT server skill
already held manage email hosting service skill
already held perform backups skill
already held procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
already held use ICT hardware skill
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held Cisco knowledge
already held CoffeeScript knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Erlang knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held ICT system programming knowledge
already held ICT system user requirements knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held computer programming knowledge
already held remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held ICT market optional

08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary

optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional

09 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held systems thinking optional
optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT encryption optional
optional, not held ICT market optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held configure ICT system optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held manage ICT legacy implication optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held use access control software optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

46 held skills the ICT technician role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Android (mobile operating systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role Apache Tomcat knowledge
not needed by the target role BlackBerry knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role acquire system component skill
not needed by the target role adjust ICT system capacity skill
not needed by the target role analyse network bandwidth requirements skill
not needed by the target role apply ICT system usage policies skill
not needed by the target role apply system organisational policies skill
not needed by the target role automate cloud tasks skill
not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
not needed by the target role design computer network skill
not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
not needed by the target role forecast future ICT network needs skill
not needed by the target role iOS knowledge
not needed by the target role implement ICT network diagnostic tools skill
not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
not needed by the target role implement spam protection skill
not needed by the target role install electronic communication equipment skill
not needed by the target role install signal repeaters skill
not needed by the target role integrate system components skill
not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
not needed by the target role interpret technical texts skill
not needed by the target role maintain internet protocol configuration skill
not needed by the target role manage ICT virtualisation environments skill
not needed by the target role mobile operating systems knowledge
not needed by the target role network engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role network management system tools knowledge
not needed by the target role network standards knowledge
not needed by the target role operating systems knowledge
not needed by the target role optimise choice of ICT solution skill
not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
not needed by the target role prepare licence agreements skill
not needed by the target role protect personal data and privacy skill
not needed by the target role provide ICT system training skill
not needed by the target role provide technical training skill

6 further entries not listed here

13 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 network cable limitations required
required, not held attack vectors required
required, not held distributed directory information services required
required, not held ICT networking hardware required
optional, not held systems thinking optional
optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT encryption optional
optional, not held ICT market optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT network administrator

Full index of moves from ICT network administrator

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.