Occupation AtlasICT consultant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b1c80369-067e-4041-84c8-dbe65640a5d8
ICT consultant
ICT consultants provide advice on how to optimise the use of existing tools and systems, make recommendations for the development and implementation of a business project or technological solution and contribute to project definitions. They raise awareness on information technology innovations and their potential value to a business. They also participate in the assessment and choice of ICT solutions.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECIEnterprising · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising5.91
- C Conventional5.31
- I Investigative3.87
- S Social2.67
- A Artistic1.77
- R Realistic1.73
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 Information Technology Project Managers (15-1299.09): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (21)
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 sales methodologies
- ICT system integration
- analyse ICT system
- analyse software specifications
- create project specifications
- define technical requirements
- identify customer requirements
- identify technological needs
- keep up with the latest information systems solutions
- legal requirements of ICT products
- manage ICT project
- manage changes in ICT system
- manage contracts
- manage standard enterprise resource planning system
- monitor system performance
- optimise choice of ICT solution
- provide ICT consulting advice
- provide user documentation
- solve ICT system problems
- verify formal ICT specifications
- visual presentation techniques
Optional (17)
- Agile project management
- ICT process quality models
- ICT project management methodologies
- Process-based management
- copyright legislation
- emergent technologies
- game theory
- hardware components
- identify ICT user needs
- interact with users to gather requirements
- keep task records
- lean project management
- maintain relationship with customers
- manage ICT change request process
- software components libraries
- systems development life-cycle
- use e-services
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
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