ICT usability tester to ICT integration tester
An ICT usability tester already meets 65% of what the ICT integration tester role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
39.1/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT integration tester is expected to do is already part of an ICT usability tester’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 integration tester role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT integration tester role treats 6 of its required skills as things an ICT usability tester already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- address problems critically
- execute software tests
- levels of software testing
- provide software testing documentation
- replicate customer software issues
- report test findings
What stands in the way is 5 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT integration tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT usability tester background worth leading with.
- already held replicate customer software issues working with computers
- already held develop automated software tests communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide software testing documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop ICT test suite communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held conduct ICT code review working with computers
- already held tools for ICT test automation information and communication technologies (icts)
All 26 carried skills, including the 6 the ICT integration tester role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- still to learn execute integration testing required
- still to learn integrate system components required
- still to learn use an application-specific interface required
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held perform software recovery testing optional
- still to learn software anomalies required
- optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
- optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
- optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
- still to learn manage system testing required
- optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT integration tester role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 execute integration testing practise this
- 02 integrate system components practise this
- 03 manage system testing practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 26 skills that carry over
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held execute software tests skill
- already held levels of software testing knowledge
- already held provide software testing documentation skill
- already held replicate customer software issues skill
- already held report test findings skill
- already held Agile project management knowledge
- already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
- already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
- already held LDAP knowledge
- already held LINQ knowledge
- already held MDX knowledge
- already held N1QL knowledge
- already held Process-based management knowledge
- already held SPARQL knowledge
- already held XQuery knowledge
- already held conduct ICT code review skill
- already held debug software skill
- already held develop ICT test suite skill
- already held develop automated software tests skill
- already held lean project management knowledge
- already held manage schedule of tasks skill
- already held query languages knowledge
- already held resource description framework query language knowledge
- already held tools for ICT test automation knowledge
- already held use scripting programming skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
- optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
- optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
- optional, not held perform software recovery testing optional
21 held skills the ICT integration tester role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
- not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
- not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
- not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess users' interaction with ICT applications skill
- not needed by the target role behavioural science knowledge
- not needed by the target role cognitive psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
- not needed by the target role create website wireframe skill
- not needed by the target role design user interface skill
- not needed by the target role execute ICT user research activities skill
- not needed by the target role human-computer interaction knowledge
- not needed by the target role measure software usability skill
- not needed by the target role test for behavioural patterns skill
- not needed by the target role test for emotional patterns skill
- not needed by the target role unstructured data knowledge
- not needed by the target role use experience map skill
- not needed by the target role use markup languages skill
- not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role web based collaborative platforms knowledge
- not needed by the target role web programming knowledge
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn software anomalies required
- optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
- optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
- optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
- optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT usability tester become an ICT integration tester?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An ICT usability tester already covers 65% of what an ICT integration tester is expected to do: 26 skills carry over, 6 of which the ICT integration tester role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT usability tester need to become an ICT integration tester?
5 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is execute integration testing.
How hard is the move from ICT usability tester to ICT integration tester?
Its learning distance is 39.1 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.