ICT operations managertotelecommunications manager
A ICT operations manager already meets 53% of what the telecommunications manager role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
53%
46.7/ 100
1 Share of the telecommunications manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT operations 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 this move works
A telecommunications manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a ICT operations manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- comply with legal regulations
- coordinate technological activities
- implement ICT risk management
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- recruit employees
What stands in the way is 3 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT operations manager background worth leading with.
- already held use ICT ticketing system working with computers
- already held implement ICT risk management information skills
- already held coordinate technological activities management skills
- already held implement a virtual private network working with computers
- already held provide cost benefit analysis reports information skills
- already held perform procurement processes communication, collaboration and creativity
All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the telecommunications manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- required, not held ICT communications protocols required
- required, not held telecom regulations required
- optional, not held electronics principles optional
- optional, not held network engineering optional
- optional, not held telecommunication trunking optional
- required, not held execute ICT audits required
- optional, not held Open source model optional
- optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
- optional, not held hybrid model optional
- optional, not held internet governance optional
- optional, not held direct inward dialing optional
- optional, not held investment analysis optional
- optional, not held operate private branch exchange optional
- optional, not held calibrate electronic instruments optional
- optional, not held implement corporate governance optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a telecommunications manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT communications protocols knowledge · sector specific
- 02 execute ICT audits skill · sector specific
- 03 telecom regulations knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held comply with legal regulations skill
- already held coordinate technological activities skill
- already held implement ICT risk management skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held use ICT ticketing system skill
- already held implement a virtual private network skill
- already held perform procurement processes skill
- already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- already held train employees skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held upgrade firmware optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Open source model optional
- optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
- optional, not held direct inward dialing optional
- optional, not held electronics principles optional
- optional, not held hybrid model optional
- optional, not held implement corporate governance optional
- optional, not held internet governance optional
- optional, not held investment analysis optional
- optional, not held network engineering optional
- optional, not held operate private branch exchange optional
- optional, not held telecommunication trunking optional
- optional, not held calibrate electronic instruments optional
- optional, not held upgrade firmware optional
30 held skills the telecommunications manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
- not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
- not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
- not needed by the target role core banking software 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 design process skill
- not needed by the target role develop ICT workflow skill
- not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
- not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
- not needed by the target role hardware components suppliers knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
- not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
- not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role operations management knowledge
- not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role software components libraries knowledge
- not needed by the target role software components suppliers 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 use different communication channels skill
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held ICT communications protocols required
- required, not held telecom regulations required
- optional, not held Open source model optional
- optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
- optional, not held direct inward dialing optional
- optional, not held electronics principles optional
- optional, not held hybrid model optional
- optional, not held internet governance optional
- optional, not held investment analysis optional
- optional, not held network engineering optional
- optional, not held telecommunication trunking optional
Other moves recorded from ICT operations manager
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.