Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

ICT project managertotelecommunications manager

A ICT project manager already meets 51% of what the telecommunications manager role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT project manager
51%
Overlap1
To telecommunications manager
12 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
47.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.8/ 100

1 Share of the telecommunications manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT project 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

Why this move works

A telecommunications manager role treats 6 of its required skills as things a ICT project manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • execute ICT audits
  • implement ICT risk management
  • manage budgets
  • manage staff
  • recruit employees
  • use ICT ticketing system

What stands in the way is 4 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 12 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 project manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use ICT ticketing system working with computers
  • already held Open source model information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Outsourcing model information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held hybrid model information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held implement ICT risk management information skills
  • already held execute ICT audits information skills

All 12 carried skills, including the 6 the telecommunications manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 8 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • 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
02 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held comply with legal regulations required
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held coordinate technological activities required
04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held direct inward dialing optional
  • optional, not held investment analysis optional
05 working with computers 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held upgrade firmware optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate private branch exchange optional
  • optional, not held calibrate electronic instruments optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held execute ICT audits 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 Open source model knowledge
  • already held Outsourcing model knowledge
  • already held hybrid model knowledge
  • already held perform procurement processes skill
  • already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • already held train employees skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held implement corporate governance optional
08 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held internet governance optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held direct inward dialing optional
  • optional, not held electronics principles optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network 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
59 held skills the telecommunications manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prototyping development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Rapid application development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Spiral development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Waterfall development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role apply change management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role blockchain mining principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out project activities skill
  • not needed by the target role coach employees skill
  • not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define roadmap for blockchain in applications skill
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role develop blockchain technology 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 document management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft project documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
  • not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role incremental development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role iterative development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain a central project repository skill

19 further entries not listed here

8 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 communications protocols required
  • required, not held telecom regulations required
  • optional, not held direct inward dialing optional
  • optional, not held electronics principles 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
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT project manager

Full index of moves from ICT project manager

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.