From ICT usability tester to ICT accessibility tester
16 of the 21 essential skills of a ICT accessibility tester are already essential for a ICT usability tester — about 76% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from ICT usability tester in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 16
- skills carry over
- 5
- would be new
- 76%
- of the target job covered
- 21
- essential skills of a ICT accessibility tester
What a ICT accessibility tester does
ICT accessibility testers evaluate websites, software applications, systems or user interface components with regards to friendliness, operability of the navigation and visibility to all types of users, especially including those with special needs or disabilities.
What carries over
16 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- address problems critically
- application usability
- assess users' interaction with ICT applications
- behavioural science
- conduct research interview
- execute ICT user research activities
- execute software tests
- human-computer interaction
- levels of software testing
- measure software usability
- provide software testing documentation
- replicate customer software issues
- report test findings
- test for behavioural patterns
- test for emotional patterns
- use experience map
What would be new
5 skillsEssential for a ICT accessibility tester and not for a ICT usability tester. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
← ICT usability testerICT accessibility tester →The other way round
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How far are you from being a ICT accessibility tester?
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.