Telecommunications equipment maintainer to broadcast technician
A telecommunications equipment maintainer already meets 16% of what the broadcast technician role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
84.4/ 100
1 How much of what a broadcast technician is expected to do is already part of a telecommunications equipment maintainer’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 broadcast technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A broadcast technician role treats 4 of its required skills as things a telecommunications equipment maintainer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- calibrate electronic instruments
- install low voltage wiring
- meet deadlines
- operate audio equipment
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 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A broadcast technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a telecommunications equipment maintainer background worth leading with.
- already held operate remote broadcast equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate audio equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held install low voltage wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held calibrate electronic instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held meet deadlines management skills
All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the broadcast technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 37 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.
- still to learn monitor quality of broadcasts required
- still to learn select recording source required
- still to learn set up broadcast equipment required
- still to learn maintain audiovisual equipment required
- still to learn operate electronic measuring instruments required
- still to learn maintain electrical equipment required
- still to learn maintain electronic equipment required
- optional, not held adjust video transmissions optional
- optional, not held align antennae with receiving dishes optional
- optional, not held broadcast using Internet Protocol optional
- optional, not held maintain broadcast equipment optional
- optional, not held set up portable field transmission equipment optional
- optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
- optional, not held operate broadcast equipment optional
- optional, not held record multi-track sound optional
- optional, not held set up sound equipment optional
- optional, not held operate audio-signal processors optional
- optional, not held set up audiovisual peripheral equipment optional
- still to learn audiovisual products required
- still to learn broadcast equipment required
- still to learn media formats required
- still to learn multimedia systems required
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
- optional, not held audio technology optional
- still to learn use audio reproduction software required
- optional, not held administer ICT system optional
- optional, not held assemble video tape footage optional
- optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
- optional, not held execute integration testing optional
- optional, not held maintain internet protocol configuration optional
- optional, not held provide multimedia content optional
- still to learn electronics principles required
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- still to learn coordinate activities in audio recording studio required
- optional, not held develop programming schedule optional
- still to learn manage sound quality required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a broadcast technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor quality of broadcasts practise this
- 02 select recording source practise this
- 03 set up broadcast equipment 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 5 skills that carry over
- already held calibrate electronic instruments skill
- already held install low voltage wiring skill
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held operate audio equipment skill
- already held operate remote broadcast equipment skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held signal cues to announcers optional
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adjust video transmissions optional
- optional, not held align antennae with receiving dishes optional
- optional, not held broadcast using Internet Protocol optional
- optional, not held maintain broadcast equipment optional
- optional, not held set up portable field transmission equipment optional
- optional, not held signal cues to announcers optional
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held administer ICT system optional
- optional, not held assemble video tape footage optional
- optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
- optional, not held develop programming schedule optional
- optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
- optional, not held execute integration testing optional
- optional, not held maintain internet protocol configuration optional
- optional, not held operate broadcast equipment optional
- optional, not held provide multimedia content optional
- optional, not held record multi-track sound optional
- optional, not held set up sound equipment optional
- optional, not held audio technology optional
- optional, not held operate audio-signal processors optional
- optional, not held set up audiovisual peripheral equipment optional
15 held skills the broadcast technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT network cable limitations knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess telecommunication infrastructure issues 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 implement a virtual private network skill
- not needed by the target role install signal repeaters skill
- not needed by the target role maintain radio communications equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate two-way radio systems skill
- not needed by the target role repair wiring skill
- not needed by the target role solder electronics skill
- not needed by the target role solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
- not needed by the target role use a complex communication system skill
- not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn audiovisual products required
- still to learn broadcast equipment required
- still to learn electronics principles required
- still to learn media formats required
- still to learn multimedia systems required
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
- optional, not held audio technology optional
Other moves recorded from telecommunications equipment maintainer
- communication infrastructure maintainer 27% covered · substantial
- radio technician 25% covered · substantial
- ICT network technician 24% covered · career change
- telecommunications technician 21% covered · career change
Full index of moves from telecommunications equipment maintainer
Common questions about this move
Can a telecommunications equipment maintainer become a broadcast technician?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A telecommunications equipment maintainer already covers 16% of what a broadcast technician is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 4 of which the broadcast technician role treats as required.
What skills does a telecommunications equipment maintainer need to become a broadcast technician?
15 required skills are missing, plus 22 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is monitor quality of broadcasts.
How hard is the move from telecommunications equipment maintainer to broadcast technician?
Its learning distance is 84.4 out of 100, which is the career change 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.