Mobile phone repair technician to consumer electronics repair technician
A mobile phone repair technician already meets 72% of what the consumer electronics repair technician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
31.7/ 100
1 How much of what a consumer electronics repair technician is expected to do is already part of a mobile phone repair 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 consumer electronics repair technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A consumer electronics repair technician role treats 9 of its required skills as things a mobile phone repair technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply company policies
- create solutions to problems
- electronics
- maintain customer service
- maintain equipment
- provide customer follow-up services
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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A consumer electronics repair technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mobile phone repair technician background worth leading with.
- already held report to the team leader information skills
- already held use repair manuals information skills
- already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held keep stock records information skills
- already held provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held make independent operating decisions management skills
All 27 carried skills, including the 9 the consumer electronics repair technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 5 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 set up consumer electronics required
- still to learn repair equipment on site required
- still to learn replace defect components required
- still to learn consumer electronics required
- still to learn solve technical problems required
- optional, not held sell consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a consumer electronics repair technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 set up consumer electronics practise this
- 02 consumer electronics study this
- 03 repair equipment on site 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 27 skills that carry over
- already held apply company policies skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held provide customer follow-up services skill
- already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use repair manuals skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held assist customers skill
- already held communicate by telephone skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held keep stock records skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held make independent operating decisions skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held manage schedule of tasks skill
- already held negotiate supplier arrangements skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held report to the team leader skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held sell consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
20 held skills the consumer electronics repair technician role does not ask for
- 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 disassemble mobile devices skill
- not needed by the target role handle warranty for digital equipment skill
- not needed by the target role hardware components suppliers knowledge
- not needed by the target role iOS knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
- not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
- not needed by the target role install software skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions 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 operate two-way radio systems skill
- not needed by the target role perform test run skill
- not needed by the target role repair mobile devices skill
- not needed by the target role sell telecommunication products skill
- not needed by the target role software components suppliers knowledge
- not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
- not needed by the target role work in shifts skill
1 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 consumer electronics required
Other moves recorded from mobile phone repair technician
Common questions about this move
Can a mobile phone repair technician become a consumer electronics repair technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A mobile phone repair technician already covers 72% of what a consumer electronics repair technician is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 9 of which the consumer electronics repair technician role treats as required.
What skills does a mobile phone repair technician need to become a consumer electronics repair technician?
5 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is set up consumer electronics.
How hard is the move from mobile phone repair technician to consumer electronics repair technician?
Its learning distance is 31.7 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.