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

telecommunications equipment maintainertocommunication infrastructure maintainer

A telecommunications equipment maintainer already meets 27% of what the communication infrastructure maintainer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From telecommunications equipment maintainer
27%
Overlap1
To communication infrastructure maintainer
8 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
69.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.1/ 100

1 Share of the communication infrastructure maintainer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the telecommunications equipment maintainer 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 communication infrastructure maintainer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a telecommunications equipment maintainer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT network cable limitations
  • assess telecommunication infrastructure issues
  • install low voltage wiring

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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A communication infrastructure maintainer 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues information skills
  • already held ICT network cable limitations information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held use a complex communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held install low voltage wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held implement a firewall working with computers

All 8 carried skills, including the 3 the communication infrastructure maintainer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT network routing required
  • required, not held ICT network security risks required
  • required, not held procurement of ICT network equipment required
  • required, not held ICT networking hardware required
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT communications protocols required
  • required, not held concepts of telecommunications required
  • required, not held telecommunication trunking required
  • optional, not held telecom regulations optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held install electronic communication equipment required
  • required, not held operate digging construction equipment required
  • optional, not held install cable TV services optional
  • optional, not held seal wires optional
  • optional, not held splice cable optional
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held monitor communication channels' performance required
05 working with computers 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
06 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect cables optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a communication infrastructure maintainer 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT network cable limitations knowledge
  • already held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues skill
  • already held install low voltage wiring skill
  • already held implement ICT security policies skill
  • already held implement a firewall skill
  • already held implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
  • already held use a complex communication system skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held install cable TV services optional
  • optional, not held telecom regulations optional
  • optional, not held inspect cables optional
  • optional, not held seal wires optional
  • optional, not held splice cable optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
12 held skills the communication infrastructure maintainer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments 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 meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role operate audio equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate remote broadcast 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 use precision tools skill
9 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 communications protocols required
  • required, not held ICT network routing required
  • required, not held ICT network security risks required
  • required, not held concepts of telecommunications required
  • required, not held procurement of ICT network equipment required
  • required, not held telecommunication trunking required
  • required, not held ICT networking hardware required
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
  • optional, not held telecom regulations optional
Index

Other moves recorded from telecommunications equipment maintainer

Full index of moves from telecommunications equipment maintainer

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.