RecordMove

ICT quality assurance manager to ICT system tester

An ICT quality assurance manager already meets 30% of what the ICT system tester role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From ICT quality assurance manager

Distant match

To ICT system tester

10 You already bring

7 Still to learn

42 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.4/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

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

Why

Why this move works

An ICT system tester role treats 5 of its required skills as things an ICT quality assurance manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

execute software tests
identify ICT system weaknesses
levels of software testing
provide software testing documentation
software anomalies

What stands in the way is 7 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT system tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT quality assurance manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held develop automated software tests communication, collaboration and creativity
already held provide software testing documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
already held identify ICT system weaknesses working with computers
already held levels of software testing information and communication technologies (icts)
already held software anomalies information and communication technologies (icts)
already held execute software tests working with computers

All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the ICT system tester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 32 missing skills fall into 6 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 working with computers 3 required, 6 supplementary

still to learn apply ICT systems theory required
still to learn perform ICT security testing required
still to learn replicate customer software issues required

optional, not held conduct ICT code review optional
optional, not held debug software optional
optional, not held execute integration testing optional
optional, not held perform software recovery testing optional
optional, not held use scripting programming optional
optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 14 supplementary

still to learn systems theory required

optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held ICT system programming optional
optional, not held LDAP optional
optional, not held LINQ optional
optional, not held MDX optional
optional, not held N1QL optional
optional, not held SPARQL optional
optional, not held XQuery optional
optional, not held attack vectors optional
optional, not held query languages optional
optional, not held resource description framework query language optional
optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn address problems critically required

optional, not held develop ICT test suite optional
optional, not held give live presentation optional

04 constructing 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn manage system testing required

optional, not held measure software usability optional
optional, not held monitor system performance optional

05 information skills 1 required

still to learn report test findings required

06 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an ICT system 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 10 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held execute software tests skill
already held identify ICT system weaknesses skill
already held levels of software testing knowledge
already held provide software testing documentation skill
already held software anomalies knowledge
already held Agile project management knowledge
already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
already held Process-based management knowledge
already held develop automated software tests skill
already held lean project management knowledge

25 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held ICT system programming optional
optional, not held LDAP optional
optional, not held LINQ optional
optional, not held MDX optional
optional, not held N1QL optional
optional, not held SPARQL optional
optional, not held XQuery optional
optional, not held attack vectors optional
optional, not held conduct ICT code review optional
optional, not held debug software optional
optional, not held develop ICT test suite optional
optional, not held execute integration testing optional
optional, not held measure software usability optional
optional, not held monitor system performance optional
optional, not held perform software recovery testing optional
optional, not held query languages optional
optional, not held resource description framework query language optional
optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
optional, not held use scripting programming optional
optional, not held give live presentation optional
optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional

29 held skills the ICT system tester role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT quality policy knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
not needed by the target role attend to detail in preparation for audits skill
not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
not needed by the target role data quality assessment knowledge
not needed by the target role database quality standards knowledge
not needed by the target role define data quality criteria skill
not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
not needed by the target role identify customer requirements skill
not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
not needed by the target role manage data skill
not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
not needed by the target role perform quality audits skill
not needed by the target role provide technical training skill
not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
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 usability engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill

15 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 systems theory required
optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held ICT system programming optional
optional, not held LDAP optional
optional, not held LINQ optional
optional, not held MDX optional
optional, not held N1QL optional
optional, not held SPARQL optional
optional, not held XQuery optional
optional, not held attack vectors optional
optional, not held query languages optional
optional, not held resource description framework query language optional
optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional

Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT quality assurance manager become an ICT system tester?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT quality assurance manager already covers 30% of what an ICT system tester is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 5 of which the ICT system tester role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT quality assurance manager need to become an ICT system tester?

7 required skills are missing, plus 25 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is apply ICT systems theory.

How hard is the move from ICT quality assurance manager to ICT system tester?

Its learning distance is 70.4 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.