About this career
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).
Essential skills
administer ICT system
define firewall rules
implement a virtual private network
implement anti-virus software
implement ICT recovery system
keep up to date on product knowledge
maintain ICT server
maintain ICT system
manage email hosting service
operate private branch exchange
perform backups
perform ICT troubleshooting
repair ICT devices
use ICT hardware
use precision tools
use repair manuals
Required knowledge
attack vectors
digital systems
distributed directory information services
ICT network cable limitations
ICT network routing
ICT networking hardware
procurement of ICT network equipment
Additional skills
configure ICT system
create solutions to problems
manage ICT legacy implication
manage schedule of tasks
remove computer virus or malware from a computer
use access control software
use different communication channels
ABAP
AJAX
APL
ASP.NET
Assembly (computer programming)
C#
C++
Cisco
COBOL
CoffeeScript
Common Lisp
computer programming
Erlang
Groovy
Haskell
hybrid model
ICT communications protocols
ICT debugging tools
ICT encryption
ICT market
ICT system programming
ICT system user requirements
Java (computer programming)
JavaScript
Lisp
MATLAB
Microsoft Visual C++
ML (computer programming)
Objective-C
Open source model
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
Outsourcing model
Pascal (computer programming)
Perl
PHP
Prolog (computer programming)
Python (computer programming)
R
Ruby (computer programming)
SAP R3
SAS language
Scala
Scratch (computer programming)
service-oriented modelling
Smalltalk (computer programming)
Swift (computer programming)
systems thinking
TypeScript
VBScript
Visual Basic
Also known as
ICT technician
IT assistant
IT engineer
computer operator
IT technician
information systems technician
ICT engineer
IT officer
