Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Telecommunications engineering technician to integration engineer

A telecommunications engineering technician already meets 45% of what the integration engineer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From telecommunications engineering technician
45 % overlap
Partial match
To integration engineer
41 You already bring
10 Still to learn
87 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.8/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

An integration engineer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a telecommunications engineering technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • ICT communications protocols
  • ICT system user requirements
  • apply ICT system usage policies
  • integrate system components
  • procurement of ICT network equipment
  • use scripting programming

What stands in the way is 10 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 41 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An integration engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a telecommunications engineering technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held apply ICT system usage policies assisting and caring
  • already held procurement of ICT network equipment information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Cisco information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held ICT system programming information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held ICT communications protocols engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held ICT system user requirements information and communication technologies (icts)

All 41 carried skills, including the 6 the integration engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 46 missing skills fall into 7 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 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn design component interfaces required
  • still to learn analyse network bandwidth requirements required
  • still to learn deploy ICT systems required
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 19 supplementary
  • still to learn inter-organisational middleware system required
  • still to learn software components suppliers required
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT network routing optional
  • optional, not held ICT recovery techniques optional
  • optional, not held ICT system integration optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Vagrant optional
  • optional, not held information architecture optional
  • optional, not held information security strategy optional
  • optional, not held software components libraries optional
  • optional, not held solution deployment optional
  • optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
  • optional, not held tools for software configuration management optional
  • optional, not held hardware components optional
  • optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT project management methodologies required
  • still to learn hardware components suppliers required
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn define integration strategy required
  • optional, not held design computer network optional
  • optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
05 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn define technology strategy required
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • still to learn apply company policies required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an integration engineer 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 41 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT communications protocols knowledge
  • already held ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • already held apply ICT system usage policies skill
  • already held integrate system components skill
  • already held procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
  • already held use scripting programming 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 Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held ICT system programming 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 Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held computer programming knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
  • optional, not held embedded systems optional
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
  • optional, not held model based system engineering optional
36 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
  • optional, not held ICT network routing optional
  • optional, not held ICT recovery techniques optional
  • optional, not held ICT system integration optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Vagrant optional
  • optional, not held design computer network optional
  • optional, not held embedded systems optional
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held information architecture optional
  • optional, not held information security strategy optional
  • optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held software components libraries optional
  • optional, not held solution deployment optional
  • optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
  • optional, not held tools for software configuration management optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held hardware components optional
  • optional, not held model based system engineering optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
35 held skills the integration engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role TypeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role VBScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analog electronics theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply system organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role direct inward dialing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electromagnetism knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
  • not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
  • not needed by the target role install monitors for process control skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret technical texts skill
  • not needed by the target role log transmitter readings skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain telephony system skill
  • not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role manage system security skill
  • not needed by the target role manage system testing skill
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines 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 private branch exchange skill
  • not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solder electronics skill
  • not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
  • not needed by the target role support ICT system users skill
  • not needed by the target role telecom regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role telecommunication trunking knowledge
  • not needed by the target role upgrade firmware skill
  • not needed by the target role use a complex communication system skill
  • not needed by the target role use session border controller skill
31 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 project management methodologies required
  • still to learn hardware components suppliers required
  • still to learn inter-organisational middleware system required
  • still to learn software components suppliers required
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
  • optional, not held ICT network routing optional
  • optional, not held ICT recovery techniques optional
  • optional, not held ICT system integration optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Vagrant optional
  • optional, not held embedded systems optional
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held information architecture optional
  • optional, not held information security strategy optional
  • optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held software components libraries optional
  • optional, not held solution deployment optional
  • optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
  • optional, not held tools for software configuration management optional
  • optional, not held hardware components optional
  • optional, not held model based system engineering optional
  • optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
Index

Other moves recorded from telecommunications engineering technician

Full index of moves from telecommunications engineering technician

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a telecommunications engineering technician become an integration engineer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A telecommunications engineering technician already covers 45% of what an integration engineer is expected to do: 41 skills carry over, 6 of which the integration engineer role treats as required.

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

10 required skills are missing, plus 36 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is design component interfaces.

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

Its learning distance is 66.8 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.