Telecommunications equipment maintainer to ICT network technician
A telecommunications equipment maintainer already meets 24% of what the ICT network technician role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
77.4/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT network 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 ICT network technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT network technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a telecommunications equipment maintainer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT network cable limitations
- implement ICT security policies
- implement a firewall
- implement a virtual private network
- install signal repeaters
- use precision tools
What stands in the way is 14 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT network 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 ICT network cable limitations information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held install signal repeaters working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held solder electronics constructing
- already held implement a firewall working with computers
- already held implement a virtual private network working with computers
- already held implement ICT security policies working with computers
All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the ICT network technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 32 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 adjust ICT system capacity required
- still to learn analyse network bandwidth requirements required
- still to learn analyse network configuration and performance required
- still to learn implement ICT network diagnostic tools required
- still to learn implement anti-virus software required
- still to learn maintain internet protocol configuration required
- still to learn use back-up and recovery tools required
- optional, not held implement spam protection optional
- optional, not held migrate existing data optional
- optional, not held perform ICT security testing optional
- optional, not held use ICT hardware optional
- optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
- still to learn ICT network routing required
- still to learn ICT network security risks required
- still to learn network standards required
- still to learn ICT networking hardware required
- optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
- optional, not held ICT system programming optional
- optional, not held network management system tools optional
- optional, not held procurement of ICT network equipment optional
- optional, not held digital systems optional
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
- still to learn identify suppliers required
- still to learn install electronic communication equipment required
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held concepts of telecommunications optional
- optional, not held electronics principles optional
- optional, not held network engineering optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT network technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT network routing study this
- 02 ICT network security risks study this
- 03 adjust ICT system capacity 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held ICT network cable limitations knowledge
- already held implement ICT security policies skill
- already held implement a firewall skill
- already held implement a virtual private network skill
- already held install signal repeaters skill
- already held use precision tools skill
- already held solder electronics skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
- optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
- optional, not held ICT system programming optional
- optional, not held concepts of telecommunications optional
- optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
- optional, not held electronics principles optional
- optional, not held implement spam protection optional
- optional, not held migrate existing data optional
- optional, not held network engineering optional
- optional, not held network management system tools optional
- optional, not held perform ICT security testing optional
- optional, not held procurement of ICT network equipment optional
- optional, not held use ICT hardware optional
- optional, not held digital systems optional
- optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
13 held skills the ICT network technician role does not ask for
- 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 calibrate electronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role install low voltage wiring 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 solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
- not needed by the target role use a complex communication system skill
16 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 ICT network routing required
- still to learn ICT network security risks required
- still to learn network standards required
- still to learn ICT networking hardware required
- optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
- optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
- optional, not held ICT system programming optional
- optional, not held concepts of telecommunications optional
- optional, not held electronics principles optional
- optional, not held network engineering optional
- optional, not held network management system tools optional
- optional, not held procurement of ICT network equipment optional
- optional, not held digital systems optional
Other moves recorded from telecommunications equipment maintainer
- communication infrastructure maintainer 27% covered · substantial
- radio technician 25% covered · substantial
- telecommunications technician 21% covered · career change
- broadcast technician 16% covered · career change
Full index of moves from telecommunications equipment maintainer
Common questions about this move
Can a telecommunications equipment maintainer become an ICT network technician?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A telecommunications equipment maintainer already covers 24% of what an ICT network technician is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 6 of which the ICT network technician role treats as required.
What skills does a telecommunications equipment maintainer need to become an ICT network technician?
14 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is ICT network routing.
How hard is the move from telecommunications equipment maintainer to ICT network technician?
Its learning distance is 77.4 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.