Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

radio techniciantotelecommunications equipment maintainer

A radio technician already meets 42% of what the telecommunications equipment maintainer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From radio technician
42%
Overlap1
To telecommunications equipment maintainer
8 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
52.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52.2/ 100

1 Share of the telecommunications equipment maintainer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the radio technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A telecommunications equipment maintainer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a radio technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • calibrate electronic instruments
  • install low voltage wiring
  • maintain radio communications equipment
  • solder electronics

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications equipment maintainer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a radio technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain radio communications equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held use a complex communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held install low voltage wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held solder electronics constructing
  • already held implement a firewall working with computers

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the telecommunications equipment maintainer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held operate remote broadcast equipment required
  • required, not held operate two-way radio systems required
  • required, not held repair wiring required
  • optional, not held install signal repeaters optional
  • optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT network cable limitations required
  • optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
03 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues required
04 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use precision tools optional
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held meet deadlines optional
06 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a telecommunications equipment maintainer 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held calibrate electronic instruments skill
  • already held install low voltage wiring skill
  • already held maintain radio communications equipment skill
  • already held solder electronics skill
  • already held implement a firewall skill
  • already held implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
  • already held use a complex communication system skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held install signal repeaters optional
  • optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
  • optional, not held meet deadlines optional
  • optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
  • optional, not held use precision tools optional
18 held skills the telecommunications equipment maintainer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analog electronics theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assemble telecommunications devices skill
  • not needed by the target role electromagnetism knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
  • not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect cables skill
  • not needed by the target role install electronic communication equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role install monitors for process control skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret electronic design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret technical information for electronic repair work skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain theatre equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
  • not needed by the target role microwave principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate electronic measuring instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role operate signal generator skill
  • not needed by the target role use repair manuals skill
2 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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held ICT network cable limitations required
  • optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
Index

Other moves recorded from radio technician

Full index of moves from radio technician

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.