# Competences — ICT technician

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3e7bf729-4442-4b9f-ad5e-83111963795c).

## Essential

- **administer ICT system** (skill/competence)
- **attack vectors** (knowledge)
- **define firewall rules** (skill/competence)
- **digital systems** (knowledge)
- **distributed directory information services** (knowledge)
- **ICT network cable limitations** (knowledge)
- **ICT network routing** (knowledge)
- **ICT networking hardware** (knowledge)
- **implement a virtual private network** (skill/competence)
- **implement anti-virus software** (skill/competence)
- **implement ICT recovery system** (skill/competence)
- **keep up to date on product knowledge** (skill/competence)
- **maintain ICT server** (skill/competence)
- **maintain ICT system** (skill/competence)
- **manage email hosting service** (skill/competence)
- **operate private branch exchange** (skill/competence)
- **perform backups** (skill/competence)
- **perform ICT troubleshooting** (skill/competence)
- **procurement of ICT network equipment** (knowledge)
- **repair ICT devices** (skill/competence)
- **use ICT hardware** (skill/competence)
- **use precision tools** (skill/competence)
- **use repair manuals** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- ABAP (knowledge)
- AJAX (knowledge)
- APL (knowledge)
- ASP.NET (knowledge)
- Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
- C# (knowledge)
- C++ (knowledge)
- Cisco (knowledge)
- COBOL (knowledge)
- CoffeeScript (knowledge)
- Common Lisp (knowledge)
- computer programming (knowledge)
- configure ICT system (skill/competence)
- create solutions to problems (skill/competence)
- Erlang (knowledge)
- Groovy (knowledge)
- Haskell (knowledge)
- hybrid model (knowledge)
- ICT communications protocols (knowledge)
- ICT debugging tools (knowledge)
- ICT encryption (knowledge)
- ICT market (knowledge)
- ICT system programming (knowledge)
- ICT system user requirements (knowledge)
- Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
- JavaScript (knowledge)
- Lisp (knowledge)
- manage ICT legacy implication (skill/competence)
- manage schedule of tasks (skill/competence)
- MATLAB (knowledge)
- Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
- ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Objective-C (knowledge)
- Open source model (knowledge)
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
- Outsourcing model (knowledge)
- Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Perl (knowledge)
- PHP (knowledge)
- Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
- R (knowledge)
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer (skill/competence)
- Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
- SAP R3 (knowledge)
- SAS language (knowledge)
- Scala (knowledge)
- Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
- service-oriented modelling (knowledge)
- Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
- systems thinking (knowledge)
- TypeScript (knowledge)
- use access control software (skill/competence)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)
- VBScript (knowledge)
- Visual Basic (knowledge)
