Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Telecommunications engineer to telecommunications engineering technician

A telecommunications engineer already meets 59% of what the telecommunications engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From telecommunications engineer
59 % overlap
Partial match
To telecommunications engineering technician
54 You already bring
15 Still to learn
76 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.7/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

A telecommunications engineering technician role treats 10 of its required skills as things a telecommunications engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • ICT communications protocols
  • ICT system user requirements
  • electronics principles
  • integrate system components
  • microwave principles
  • quality assurance methodologies

What stands in the way is 15 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 54 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a telecommunications engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use session border controller working with computers
  • already held support ICT system users communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use a complex communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate private branch exchange working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held telecommunication trunking engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held microwave principles engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 54 carried skills, including the 10 the telecommunications engineering technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 10 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 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn manage changes in ICT system required
  • still to learn manage system security required
  • still to learn use scripting programming required
  • still to learn upgrade firmware required
  • optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn operate electronic measuring instruments required
  • still to learn calibrate electronic instruments required
  • still to learn install monitors for process control required
  • optional, not held maintain telephony system optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • still to learn apply ICT system usage policies required
  • still to learn apply system organisational policies required
04 business, administration and law 2 required
  • still to learn direct inward dialing required
  • still to learn organisational policies required
05 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn interpret technical texts required
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
06 constructing 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn manage system testing required
  • optional, not held solder electronics optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a telecommunications engineering 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 54 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT communications protocols knowledge
  • already held ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • already held electronics principles knowledge
  • already held integrate system components skill
  • already held microwave principles knowledge
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held support ICT system users skill
  • already held telecom regulations knowledge
  • already held use a complex communication system skill
  • already held use session border controller 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 Cisco knowledge
  • already held CoffeeScript knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Erlang knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell 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 Microsoft Visual C++ 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 implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held log transmitter readings skill
  • already held operate private branch exchange skill
  • already held procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
  • already held telecommunication trunking knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • still to learn analog electronics theory required
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • still to learn electromagnetism required
09 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
10 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held meet deadlines optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held maintain telephony system optional
  • optional, not held meet deadlines optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
  • optional, not held solder electronics optional
  • optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
37 held skills the telecommunications engineering technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT network routing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT networking hardware knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adjust ICT system capacity skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse network bandwidth requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role create software design skill
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role design computer network skill
  • not needed by the target role design process skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate costs of installing telecommunication devices skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast future ICT network needs skill
  • not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT network diagnostic tools skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
  • not needed by the target role install electronic communication equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role install low voltage wiring skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role network engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role provide ICT system training skill
  • not needed by the target role provide user documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role signal processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
  • not needed by the target role strategies for handling cases of elder abuse knowledge
  • not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • not needed by the target role telecommunication industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
5 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 analog electronics theory required
  • still to learn direct inward dialing required
  • still to learn electromagnetism required
  • still to learn organisational policies required
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
Index

Other moves recorded from telecommunications engineer

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a telecommunications engineer become a telecommunications engineering technician?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A telecommunications engineer already covers 59% of what a telecommunications engineering technician is expected to do: 54 skills carry over, 10 of which the telecommunications engineering technician role treats as required.

What skills does a telecommunications engineer need to become a telecommunications engineering technician?

15 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is analog electronics theory.

How hard is the move from telecommunications engineer to telecommunications engineering technician?

Its learning distance is 53.7 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.