From ICT system administrator to telecommunications engineering technician
11 of the 25 essential skills of a telecommunications engineering technician are already essential for a ICT system administrator — about 44% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 14
- would be new
- 44%
- of the target job covered
- 25
- essential skills of a telecommunications engineering technician
What a telecommunications engineering technician does
Telecommunications engineering technician deploy, maintain and monitor a telecommunication system that provides interactions between data and voice communications, such as telephone, video conferencing, computer, and voicemail systems. They are also involved in the design, manufacturing, construction, maintenance and repair of telecommunication systems. Telecommunications engineering technicians provide technical assistance in the research and development of telecommunication equipment.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
14 skillsEssential for a telecommunications engineering technician and not for a ICT system administrator. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analog electronics theory
- calibrate electronic instruments
- direct inward dialing
- electromagnetism
- electronics principles
- ICT communications protocols
- install monitors for process control
- microwave principles
- operate electronic measuring instruments
- telecom regulations
- upgrade firmware
- use a complex communication system
- use scripting programming
- use session border controller
Other moves from ICT system administrator
1 roles- ICT network administrator13 skills in common
← ICT system administratortelecommunications engineering technician →The other way round
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How far are you from being a telecommunications engineering technician?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.