Table 1Transition record

telecommunications engineering techniciantotelecommunications analyst

A telecommunications engineering technician already meets 60% of what the telecommunications analyst role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From telecommunications engineering technician

60%

Overlap1

To telecommunications analyst

19 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

45.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

60%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

45.3/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the telecommunications analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the telecommunications engineering 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 analyst role treats 16 of its required skills as things a telecommunications engineering technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT communications protocols
analog electronics theory
calibrate electronic instruments
direct inward dialing
electromagnetism
electronics principles

What stands in the way is 9 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications analyst 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 analog electronics theory engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held direct inward dialing business, administration and law
already held use session border controller working with computers
already held upgrade firmware working with computers
already held install monitors for process control working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held operate private branch exchange working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 19 carried skills, including the 16 the telecommunications analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 5 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held provide ICT system training required
required, not held communicate with customers required
required, not held design process required
required, not held provide user documentation required
required, not held use different communication channels required

optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
optional, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems optional

02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held analyse business processes required
required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required

optional, not held analyse business requirements optional

03 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held define technical requirements required

optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional

04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required

required, not held operate call distribution system required

05 business, administration and law 2 supplementary

optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
optional, not held business process modelling optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a telecommunications analyst 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 19 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT communications protocols knowledge
already held analog electronics theory knowledge
already held calibrate electronic instruments skill
already held direct inward dialing knowledge
already held electromagnetism knowledge
already held electronics principles knowledge
already held install monitors for process control skill
already held microwave principles knowledge
already held operate electronic measuring instruments skill
already held operate private branch exchange skill
already held procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
already held telecom regulations knowledge
already held telecommunication trunking knowledge
already held upgrade firmware skill
already held use session border controller skill
already held Cisco knowledge
already held log transmitter readings skill
already held solder electronics skill

7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
optional, not held business process modelling optional
optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional
optional, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems optional

57 held skills the telecommunications analyst role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ABAP knowledge
not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
not needed by the target role APL knowledge
not needed by the target role ASP.NET knowledge
not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role C# knowledge
not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
not needed by the target role COBOL knowledge
not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
not needed by the target role Common Lisp knowledge
not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
not needed by the target role Groovy knowledge
not needed by the target role Haskell knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system programming knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
not needed by the target role Lisp knowledge
not needed by the target role MATLAB knowledge
not needed by the target role ML (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
not needed by the target role Objective-C knowledge
not needed by the target role OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
not needed by the target role Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Perl knowledge
not needed by the target role Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role R knowledge
not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role SAP R3 knowledge
not needed by the target role SAS language knowledge
not needed by the target role Scala knowledge
not needed by the target role Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Swift (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 Visual Basic knowledge
not needed by the target role apply ICT system usage policies skill

17 further entries not listed here

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

optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
optional, not held business process modelling optional

Index

Other moves recorded from telecommunications engineering technician

Full index of moves from telecommunications engineering 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.