Occupation AtlasICT technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3e7bf729-4442-4b9f-ad5e-83111963795c
ICT technician
ICT technicians install, maintain, repair and operate information systems and any ICT related equipment (laptops, desktops, servers, tablets, smart phones, communications equipment, printers and any piece of computer related peripheral networks), and any type of software (drivers, operating systems, applications).
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CRIConventional · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.02
- R Realistic4.13
- I Investigative3.77
- S Social3.31
- E Enterprising2.36
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Computer User Support Specialists (15-1232.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (23)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- ICT network cable limitations
- ICT network routing
- ICT networking hardware
- administer ICT system
- attack vectors
- define firewall rules
- digital systems
- distributed directory information services
- implement ICT recovery system
- implement a virtual private network
- implement anti-virus software
- keep up to date on product knowledge
- maintain ICT server
- maintain ICT system
- manage email hosting service
- operate private branch exchange
- perform ICT troubleshooting
- perform backups
- procurement of ICT network equipment
- repair ICT devices
- use ICT hardware
- use precision tools
- use repair manuals
Optional (57)
- ABAP
- AJAX
- APL
- ASP.NET
- Assembly (computer programming)
- C#
- C++
- COBOL
- Cisco
- CoffeeScript
- Common Lisp
- Erlang
- Groovy
- Haskell
- ICT communications protocols
- ICT debugging tools
- ICT encryption
- ICT market
- ICT system programming
- ICT system user requirements
- Java (computer programming)
- JavaScript
- Lisp
- MATLAB
- ML (computer programming)
- Microsoft Visual C++
- Objective-C
- Open source model
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
- Outsourcing model
- PHP
- Pascal (computer programming)
- Perl
- Prolog (computer programming)
- Python (computer programming)
- R
- Ruby (computer programming)
- SAP R3
- SAS language
- Scala
- Scratch (computer programming)
- Smalltalk (computer programming)
- Swift (computer programming)
- TypeScript
- VBScript
- Visual Basic
- computer programming
- configure ICT system
- create solutions to problems
- hybrid model
- manage ICT legacy implication
- manage schedule of tasks
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer
- service-oriented modelling
- systems thinking
- use access control software
- use different communication channels
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 23 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
ICT network administrator
8 shared · 26 more of its owndefine firewall rules, manage email hosting service, ICT network routing, procurement of ICT network equipment
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ICT system administrator
7 shared · 25 more of its ownmaintain ICT system, implement ICT recovery system, administer ICT system, perform backups
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ICT network technician
6 shared · 14 more of its ownICT network cable limitations, ICT networking hardware, ICT network routing, implement anti-virus software
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mobile devices technician
5 shared · 12 more of its owndistributed directory information services, repair ICT devices, implement ICT recovery system, perform backups
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communication infrastructure maintainer
4 shared · 9 more of its ownICT network cable limitations, ICT networking hardware, ICT network routing, procurement of ICT network equipment
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computer hardware repair technician
3 shared · 17 more of its ownuse ICT hardware, use repair manuals, implement a virtual private network
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telecommunications engineer
3 shared · 22 more of its ownICT network routing, procurement of ICT network equipment, implement a virtual private network
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database administrator
3 shared · 25 more of its ownadminister ICT system, perform backups, perform ICT troubleshooting
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