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

telecommunications engineering techniciantotelecommunications engineer

A telecommunications engineering technician already meets 56% of what the telecommunications engineer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From telecommunications engineering technician
56%
Overlap1
To telecommunications engineer
54 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
58.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

56%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.6/ 100

1 Share of the telecommunications engineer 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 engineer role treats 12 of its required skills as things a telecommunications engineering technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT communications protocols
  • ICT system user requirements
  • electronics principles
  • implement a virtual private network
  • log transmitter readings
  • microwave principles

What stands in the way is 13 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 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 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 log transmitter readings information skills

All 54 carried skills, including the 12 the telecommunications engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 37 missing skills fall into 9 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 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held design computer network required
  • required, not held interact with users to gather requirements required
  • required, not held provide ICT system training required
  • required, not held design process required
  • optional, not held create software design optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held give live presentation optional
  • optional, not held provide user documentation optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT network routing required
  • required, not held ICT network security risks required
  • required, not held systems development life-cycle required
  • optional, not held ICT networking hardware optional
03 working with computers 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held adjust ICT system capacity required
  • required, not held analyse network bandwidth requirements required
  • optional, not held implement ICT network diagnostic tools optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held signal processing required
  • required, not held telecommunication industry required
  • optional, not held network engineering optional
05 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held estimate costs of installing telecommunication devices required
  • optional, not held forecast future ICT network needs optional
  • optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
06 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held define technical requirements required
  • optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a telecommunications 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 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 implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held log transmitter readings skill
  • already held microwave principles knowledge
  • already held procurement of ICT network equipment 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 integrate system components skill
  • already held operate private branch exchange skill
  • already held telecommunication trunking knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held install electronic communication equipment optional
  • optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
  • optional, not held install low voltage wiring optional
09 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held strategies for handling cases of elder abuse optional
24 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional
  • optional, not held create software design optional
  • optional, not held forecast future ICT network needs optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT network diagnostic tools optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held install electronic communication equipment optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held network engineering optional
  • optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
  • optional, not held strategies for handling cases of elder abuse optional
  • optional, not held ICT networking hardware optional
  • optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held give live presentation optional
  • optional, not held install low voltage wiring optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
  • optional, not held provide user documentation optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
22 held skills the telecommunications engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT system programming knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analog electronics theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply ICT system usage policies skill
  • 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 execute ICT audits 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 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 operate electronic measuring instruments 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 solder electronics skill
  • not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
  • not needed by the target role upgrade firmware skill
  • not needed by the target role use scripting programming skill
12 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 routing required
  • required, not held ICT network security risks required
  • required, not held signal processing required
  • required, not held systems development life-cycle required
  • required, not held telecommunication industry required
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held network engineering optional
  • optional, not held strategies for handling cases of elder abuse optional
  • optional, not held ICT networking hardware 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.