Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

ICT technician to mobile devices technician

An ICT technician already meets 57% of what the mobile devices technician role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT technician
57 % overlap
Partial match
To mobile devices technician
49 You already bring
11 Still to learn
74 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.1/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

A mobile devices technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things an ICT technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • ICT system user requirements
  • distributed directory information services
  • implement ICT recovery system
  • perform backups
  • repair ICT devices
  • use repair manuals

What stands in the way is 11 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 49 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mobile devices technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held distributed directory information services information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held repair ICT devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held implement ICT recovery system working with computers
  • already held perform backups working with computers
  • already held use repair manuals information skills
  • already held ICT market business, administration and law

All 49 carried skills, including the 6 the mobile devices technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 8 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 machinery and specialised equipment 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn disassemble mobile devices required
  • still to learn maintain electronic equipment required
  • still to learn repair mobile devices required
  • still to learn use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs required
  • optional, not held operate recycling processing equipment optional
02 information skills 3 required
  • still to learn identify ICT security risks required
  • still to learn ensure proper document management required
  • still to learn monitor technology trends required
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 8 supplementary
  • still to learn mobile operating systems required
  • optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
  • optional, not held BlackBerry optional
  • optional, not held iOS optional
  • optional, not held mobile device management optional
  • optional, not held mobile device software frameworks optional
  • optional, not held software components libraries optional
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held hardware components optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn handle warranty for digital equipment required
  • optional, not held assist customers optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn electronics principles required
  • optional, not held embedded systems optional
06 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn solve ICT system problems required
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mobile devices 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 49 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • already held distributed directory information services knowledge
  • already held implement ICT recovery system skill
  • already held perform backups skill
  • already held repair ICT devices skill
  • already held use repair manuals 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 CoffeeScript knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Erlang knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
  • already held ICT market 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 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 create solutions to problems skill
  • already held implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held use precision tools skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
08 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage localisation optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
  • optional, not held BlackBerry optional
  • optional, not held assist customers optional
  • optional, not held embedded systems optional
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held iOS optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held mobile device management optional
  • optional, not held mobile device software frameworks optional
  • optional, not held software components libraries optional
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held hardware components optional
  • optional, not held manage localisation optional
  • optional, not held operate recycling processing equipment optional
31 held skills the mobile devices technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Cisco knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT encryption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT network cable limitations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT network routing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT networking hardware knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system programming knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Open source model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role attack vectors knowledge
  • not needed by the target role configure ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role define firewall rules skill
  • not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up to date on product knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ICT server skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT legacy implication skill
  • not needed by the target role manage email hosting service skill
  • not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
  • not needed by the target role operate private branch exchange skill
  • not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
  • not needed by the target role procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill
  • not needed by the target role service-oriented modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role systems thinking knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use ICT hardware skill
  • not needed by the target role use access control software skill
12 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 electronics principles required
  • still to learn mobile operating systems required
  • optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
  • optional, not held BlackBerry optional
  • optional, not held embedded systems optional
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held iOS optional
  • optional, not held mobile device management optional
  • optional, not held mobile device software frameworks optional
  • optional, not held software components libraries optional
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held hardware components optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT technician

Full index of moves from ICT technician

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT technician become a mobile devices technician?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. An ICT technician already covers 57% of what a mobile devices technician is expected to do: 49 skills carry over, 6 of which the mobile devices technician role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT technician need to become a mobile devices technician?

11 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is disassemble mobile devices.

How hard is the move from ICT technician to mobile devices technician?

Its learning distance is 53.1 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.