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

telecommunications managertotelecommunications engineering technician

A telecommunications manager already meets 18% of what the telecommunications engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From telecommunications manager
18%
Overlap1
To telecommunications engineering technician
11 Skills carried over
19 Required, not held
86.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

18%

Learning distance A rebuild

86.8/ 100

1 Share of the telecommunications engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the telecommunications manager 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 engineering technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a telecommunications manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT communications protocols
  • calibrate electronic instruments
  • direct inward dialing
  • electronics principles
  • telecom regulations
  • upgrade firmware

What stands in the way is 19 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a telecommunications manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held direct inward dialing business, administration and law
  • already held upgrade firmware working with computers
  • already held operate private branch exchange working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held telecommunication trunking engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held telecom regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held execute ICT audits information skills

All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the telecommunications engineering technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 65 missing skills fall into 11 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 working with computers 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held integrate system components required
  • required, not held manage changes in ICT system required
  • required, not held manage system security required
  • required, not held use scripting programming required
  • required, not held use session border controller required
  • optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate electronic measuring instruments required
  • required, not held use a complex communication system required
  • required, not held install monitors for process control required
  • optional, not held maintain telephony system optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held apply ICT system usage policies required
  • required, not held apply system organisational policies required
04 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held organisational policies required
  • required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held analog electronics theory required
  • required, not held microwave principles required
06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 41 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT system user requirements required
  • optional, not held ABAP optional
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held APL optional
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held C# optional
  • optional, not held C++ optional
  • optional, not held COBOL optional
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Common Lisp optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held Lisp optional
  • optional, not held MATLAB optional
  • optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held Objective-C optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Perl optional
  • optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held R optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held SAP R3 optional
  • optional, not held SAS language optional
  • optional, not held Scala optional
  • optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Swift (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held TypeScript optional
  • optional, not held VBScript optional
  • optional, not held Visual Basic optional
  • optional, not held procurement of ICT network equipment optional
  • optional, not held computer programming optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a telecommunications engineering technician 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT communications protocols knowledge
  • already held calibrate electronic instruments skill
  • already held direct inward dialing knowledge
  • already held electronics principles knowledge
  • already held telecom regulations knowledge
  • already held upgrade firmware skill
  • already held execute ICT audits skill
  • already held implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held operate private branch exchange skill
  • already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • already held telecommunication trunking knowledge
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage system testing required
  • optional, not held solder electronics optional
08 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held interpret technical texts required
  • optional, not held log transmitter readings optional
09 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held support ICT system users required
10 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held electromagnetism required
11 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held meet deadlines optional
46 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ABAP optional
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held APL optional
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held C# optional
  • optional, not held C++ optional
  • optional, not held COBOL optional
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Common Lisp optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held Lisp optional
  • optional, not held MATLAB optional
  • optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held Objective-C optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Perl optional
  • optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held R optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held SAP R3 optional
  • optional, not held SAS language optional
  • optional, not held Scala optional
  • optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Swift (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held TypeScript optional
  • optional, not held VBScript optional
  • optional, not held Visual Basic optional
  • optional, not held log transmitter readings optional

6 further entries not listed here

16 held skills the telecommunications engineering technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Open source model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
  • not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role implement corporate governance skill
  • not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role investment analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role network engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform procurement processes skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role use ICT ticketing system skill
47 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 system user requirements required
  • required, not held analog electronics theory required
  • required, not held electromagnetism required
  • required, not held microwave principles required
  • required, not held organisational policies required
  • required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
  • optional, not held ABAP optional
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held APL optional
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held C# optional
  • optional, not held C++ optional
  • optional, not held COBOL optional
  • optional, not held Cisco optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Common Lisp optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held Lisp optional
  • optional, not held MATLAB optional
  • optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held Objective-C optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Perl optional
  • optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held R optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held SAP R3 optional
  • optional, not held SAS language optional
  • optional, not held Scala optional
  • optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional

7 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from telecommunications manager

Full index of moves from telecommunications manager

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.