Telecommunications engineering technician to telecommunications 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.
45.3/ 100
1 How much of what a telecommunications analyst 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 telecommunications analyst role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A telecommunications analyst role treats 16 of its required skills as things a telecommunications engineering technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · 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.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 16 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 provide ICT system training required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn design process required
- still to learn provide user documentation required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
- optional, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems optional
- still to learn analyse business processes required
- still to learn execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
- still to learn define technical requirements required
- optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
- optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional
- still to learn operate call distribution system required
- optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
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.
- 01 operate call distribution system practise this
- 02 provide ICT system training practise this
- 03 analyse business processes 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 19 skills that carry over
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
Other moves recorded from telecommunications engineering technician
- numerical tool and process control programmer 69% covered · moderate
- computer-aided design operator 62% covered · moderate
- telecommunications engineer 56% covered · substantial
- integration engineer 45% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from telecommunications engineering technician
Common questions about this move
Can a telecommunications engineering technician become a telecommunications analyst?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A telecommunications engineering technician already covers 60% of what a telecommunications analyst is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 16 of which the telecommunications analyst role treats as required.
What skills does a telecommunications engineering technician need to become a telecommunications analyst?
9 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is operate call distribution system.
How hard is the move from telecommunications engineering technician to telecommunications analyst?
Its learning distance is 45.3 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.