telecommunications equipment maintainertotelecommunications technician
A telecommunications equipment maintainer already meets 21% of what the telecommunications technician role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
21%
81.9/ 100
1 Share of the telecommunications technician 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 this move works
A telecommunications technician role treats 5 of its required skills as things a telecommunications equipment maintainer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- install low voltage wiring
- install signal repeaters
- operate two-way radio systems
- repair wiring
- solder electronics
What stands in the way is 21 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications 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 assess telecommunication infrastructure issues information skills
- already held install signal repeaters working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held use a complex communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate two-way radio systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held install low voltage wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held repair wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the telecommunications technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 35 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- required, not held install cable TV services required
- required, not held install electronic communication equipment required
- required, not held operate call distribution system required
- required, not held operate digging construction equipment required
- required, not held operate electronic measuring instruments required
- required, not held operate private branch exchange required
- required, not held use communication equipment required
- required, not held operate aerial work platforms required
- required, not held seal wires required
- required, not held splice cable required
- required, not held use session border controller required
- required, not held operate signal generator required
- required, not held upgrade firmware required
- optional, not held design failover solutions optional
- optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
- optional, not held maintain internet protocol configuration optional
- optional, not held use access control software optional
- optional, not held use computer telephony integration optional
- optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
- 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
- required, not held log transmitter readings required
- required, not held estimate duration of work required
- optional, not held monitor communication channels' performance optional
- optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
- optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
- required, not held communicate with customers required
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- required, not held procurement of ICT network equipment required
- optional, not held Cisco optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a telecommunications technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT communications protocols knowledge · sector specific
- 02 concepts of telecommunications knowledge · sector specific
- 03 direct inward dialing knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held install low voltage wiring skill
- already held install signal repeaters skill
- already held operate two-way radio systems skill
- already held repair wiring skill
- already held solder electronics skill
- already held assess telecommunication infrastructure issues skill
- already held implement ICT security policies skill
- already held implement a firewall skill
- already held implement a virtual private network skill
- already held use a complex communication system skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held direct inward dialing required
- optional, not held assist customers optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held design failover solutions optional
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held assist customers optional
- optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
- optional, not held maintain internet protocol configuration optional
- optional, not held monitor communication channels' performance optional
- optional, not held telecom regulations optional
- optional, not held use access control software optional
- optional, not held use computer telephony integration optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
- optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
- optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
10 held skills the telecommunications 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 calibrate electronic instruments 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 solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
- not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held ICT communications protocols required
- required, not held concepts of telecommunications required
- required, not held direct inward dialing required
- required, not held procurement of ICT network equipment required
- required, not held telecommunication trunking required
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held telecom regulations 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
- broadcast technician 16% covered · career change
Full index of moves from telecommunications equipment maintainer
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.