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Topic 06: Digital Job Roles
ICT100 Transition to IT
Dr Danny Toohey
Introduction
• In order to best prepare yourself for life after uni, even
at this early stage of your studies, it helps to have some
idea of what those roles and jobs might be
• There is a wide range of roles and job in ICT and related
industries
• Often times, similar roles have different names and vice versa
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Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this topic, you should be able to:
• Explain the SFIA Framework and how it can be used in
professional development
• Understand and describe some of the more common roles in
IT
This topic contributes to the following Unit Learning
Outcomes:
• LO2: Demonstrate written, oral and interpersonal
communication skills.
• LO5: Understand and apply the rules of academic integrity, by:
• adhering to the principles of referencing and applying a citation
method to these principles; and
• respecting the importance of the validity of sources used.
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Topic 06: Part 01
Jobs in ICT
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Jobs in ICT
• As we discussed in the previous topic, there
are different types of companies that provide
ICT services
• In this topic, we will be focusing more on the
types of ICT jobs and roles that are currently
available
Where are the jobs in ICT?
• ICT jobs are in every sector
• Banking
• Education
• Insurance
• Sports
• Engineering
• Professional services
https://scribblerscoffe
• Defence e.com/pages/coffee-
• Health (as we discussed in the last topic) glossary
• …it would be difficult to find an industry or
business that doesn’t have some relationship with
ICT
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…are there still jobs in ICT?
Information and Communications Technology
• …have a look for yourself
All ICT 468
Architects 32
Business/Systems Analysts 37
• https://www.seek.com.au/jobs-in- Consultants
Database developers & administrators
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information-communication- Developers/Programmers
Engineering - Hardware
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technology/in-All-Perth-WA Engineering - Network
Engineering - Software
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Help Desk & IT Support 71
Management 8
Networks and Systems Administration 53
Product Management & Development 3
Programme & Project Management 17
Sales - Pre & Post 5
Security 23
Team Leaders 1
Technical Writing 1
Telecommuncations 18
Testing & Quality Assurance 9
Web Development & Production 5
Other 15
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…what about fresh out of uni?
- See: https://gradaustralia.com.au/career-planning/13-
types-of-graduate-jobs-in-the-tech-industry
- Computer support specialist
- Hardware engineer
- Computer systems analyst
- Software developer
- Programmer
- Web developer
- Network engineer
- Software tester
- Technical sales
- Business analyst
- User experience (UX) designer
- Security engineer
- Data scientist
https://sg.carousell.com/p/murdoch-university-bachelor-of-
science-regalia-rental-226806985/
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…and don’t forget Graduate Programmes
- See https://gradaustralia.com.au/career-
planning/what-is-a-graduate-program
- …and: https://www.murdoch.edu.au/life-at-
murdoch/support-services/careers-and-
employability/career-support-services
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Topic 06: Part 02
Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
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Topic Outline
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Skills Framework for the Information Age
(SFIA)
- “SFIA describes the skills and competencies
required by professionals in roles involved in
information and communication technologies,
digital transformation and software engineering.”
https://www.sfia-online.org/en/tools-and-
resources/using-sfia/sfia-guiding-principles
- It is important because it gives us a common
language to discuss jobs and roles
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Skills Framework for the Information Age
(SFIA)
- Watch the video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHO7zIBi0j4
- We will spend a bit more time looking at SFIA in
the tutorial
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Topic 06: Part 03
Common job profiles
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Common ICT Job Profiles
- You did watch the SFIA video, didn’t
you?
- In 2013, the Australian Computer
Society conducted a survey of members
(5000 responses)
- In the survey, respondents were asked
to nominate the top four SFIA skills they
used in their role
- The results of the survey and the SFIA
skills associated with 25 common ICT
job roles were published in:
- https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-
publications/ICT%20Skills%20White%20Paper%20-
%20Common%20Job%20Profiles%20and%20Skills%20Mobility%2030%20Dec%
202013.pdf
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Common ICT Job Profiles
- One of the exercises we will do in
the tutorial will be for you to go
through the Common ICT job
profiles and select a role that you
think might be something you
would like to do
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…an example profile
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…an example profile
- The ’primary SFIA skill’
for the Database
Adminstrator role is
“Database
Administration”
(DBAD).
- Go to https://www.sfia-
online.org/en/framewo
rk/sfia-7/skills-home we
can look up the details
of that skill
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New skills
- The Common ICT Job Profiles was created in 2013.
- There have been changes in ICT since then (really???)
- Some are reflected in the most recent version of SFIA (7), for example:
- Asset Management (ASMG)
- Data Visualisation (VISL)
- Demand Management (DEMM)
- Knowledge Management (KNOW)
- Measurement (MEAS)
- Organisational Capability Development (OCDV)
- Real time/embedded systems development(RESD)
- Software design (SWDN)
- Supplier management (SUPP)
- User research (URCH)
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Recruiters
- Another good place to learn more about jobs and
employment in the ICT industry is recruitment
web sites
- Possibly the most well known is seek.com.au
- We will also look here in the tutorial to see what jobs
you might like to aim for
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Topic 06: Part 04
Conclusion
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Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this topic, you should be able to:
• Explain the SFIA Framework and how it can be used in
professional development
• Understand and describe some of the more common roles in
IT
This topic contributes to the following Unit Learning
Outcomes:
• LO2: Demonstrate written, oral and interpersonal
communication skills.
• LO5: Understand and apply the rules of academic integrity, by:
• adhering to the principles of referencing and applying a citation
method to these principles; and
• respecting the importance of the validity of sources used.
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References
Australian Computer Society, 2013, “Common ICT Job Profiles & Indicators
of Skills Mobility”. https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-
publications/ICT%20Skills%20White%20Paper%20-
%20Common%20Job%20Profiles%20and%20Skills%20Mobility%2030%20
Dec%202013.pdf
Carr, J., 2020. “12 types of graduate jobs in the tech industry”,
https://gradaustralia.com.au/career-planning/13-types-of-graduate-jobs-
in-the-tech-industry
Owens, J, 2018, “SFIA. What is it. Why it Matter. And how to use it to apply
for IT jobs”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHO7zIBi0j4
SFIA Foundation, 2020, “SFIA – the global skills and competency
framework for a digital world”. https://www.sfia-online.org/en
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