Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Mobile devices technician to ICT technician

A mobile devices technician already meets 51% of what the ICT technician role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From mobile devices technician
51 % overlap
Partial match
To ICT technician
49 You already bring
16 Still to learn
80 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.3/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

An ICT technician role treats 7 of its required skills as things a mobile devices technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • distributed directory information services
  • implement ICT recovery system
  • implement a virtual private network
  • perform backups
  • repair ICT devices
  • use precision tools

What stands in the way is 16 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. An ICT technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mobile devices 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 7 the ICT technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 31 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 8 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn administer ICT system required
  • still to learn define firewall rules required
  • still to learn implement anti-virus software required
  • still to learn maintain ICT server required
  • still to learn maintain ICT system required
  • still to learn manage email hosting service required
  • still to learn use ICT hardware required
  • still to learn perform ICT troubleshooting required
  • optional, not held configure ICT system optional
  • optional, not held manage ICT legacy implication optional
  • optional, not held use access control software optional
  • optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 6 required, 9 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT network cable limitations required
  • still to learn ICT network routing required
  • still to learn attack vectors required
  • still to learn procurement of ICT network equipment required
  • still to learn ICT networking hardware required
  • still to learn digital systems required
  • optional, not held systems thinking optional
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
  • optional, not held ICT encryption optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held Open source model optional
  • optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
  • optional, not held hybrid model optional
  • optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
03 information skills 1 required
  • still to learn keep up to date on product knowledge required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • still to learn operate private branch exchange required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
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 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 distributed directory information services knowledge
  • already held implement ICT recovery system skill
  • already held implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held perform backups skill
  • already held repair ICT devices skill
  • already held use precision tools 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 ICT system user requirements 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 use different communication channels skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held systems thinking optional
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
  • optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
  • optional, not held ICT encryption optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held Open source model optional
  • optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
  • optional, not held configure ICT system optional
  • optional, not held hybrid model optional
  • optional, not held manage ICT legacy implication optional
  • optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
  • optional, not held use access control software optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
25 held skills the ICT technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Android (mobile operating systems) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role BlackBerry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role disassemble mobile devices skill
  • not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role embedded systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role handle warranty for digital equipment skill
  • 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 iOS knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT security risks skill
  • not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage localisation skill
  • not needed by the target role mobile device management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mobile device software frameworks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mobile operating systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
  • not needed by the target role operate recycling processing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role repair mobile devices 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 solve ICT system problems skill
  • not needed by the target role use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs skill
16 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 ICT network cable limitations required
  • still to learn ICT network routing required
  • still to learn attack vectors required
  • still to learn procurement of ICT network equipment required
  • still to learn ICT networking hardware required
  • still to learn digital systems required
  • optional, not held systems thinking optional
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
  • optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
  • optional, not held ICT encryption optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held Open source model optional
  • optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
  • optional, not held hybrid model optional
  • optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a mobile devices technician become an ICT technician?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A mobile devices technician already covers 51% of what an ICT technician is expected to do: 49 skills carry over, 7 of which the ICT technician role treats as required.

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

16 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is ICT network cable limitations.

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

Its learning distance is 62.3 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.