ICT technician
Job Profile
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) technicians play an increasingly important role in schools, as teaching and learning become more and more heavily dependent on new technology.
ICT technicians work by themselves and as part of teams, depending on the size of the school and its ICT requirements.
Their day-to-day work usually involves:
- Maintaining the school's network
- Installing new software and upgrading existing applications
- Providing technical support for teachers and pupils
- Maintaining and developing the school's website and intranet
- Maintaining hardware peripherals (eg scanners, printers, external drives)
- Ordering consumables (eg printer cartridges, CD-Rs, cabling).
Job Description
Nottinghamshire has produced a generic job description for
Please note that the job description shown here is for guidance only and may not necessarily match the individual job descriptions of all schools.
Qualifications
ICT technicians need to have:
- knowledge of a range of ICT hardware (eg, computers, printers, scanners, digital photographic equipment, servers)
- knowledge of a range of the applications commonly used in schools eg, Microsoft Office
- good problem-solving skills
- good organisational skills.
ICT technicians can work towards an ITQ, the industry NVQ for IT users. Find out more here.
You can also plan your training with the help of the resources on the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) website. www.becta.org.uk
CPD Opportunities
Where am I now?
Use the journey planner on the Training and Development Agency (TDA) website for support staff to build a personal development route for yourself.
You can register for the planner here www.skills4schools.co.uk/register.asp
