Career Opportunities in ICT
Career Opportunities in ICT Lesson II
By the end of the lesson, you should be able to:Describe various career opportunities in ICT
Computer Technicians
- By use of diagnostic softwares, the locate the cause of failure and fix computer equipments
- They install new hardware and software
- They service and maintain computer equipment according to manufacturer's recommendations
- Assembling and upgrading computers and their components
Computer Trainer
- They train people on how to use various application programs.
- Prepares standard assessment material and administer them to leraners to assess their knowledge.
- Prepares training materials and training schedules
- Guides learners on the career opportunities in ICT field
Webmaster/Web Administrators
- Develop and host websites with webhosting companies
- Updates websites to meet the current needs of their clients
- Maintains the websites by checking for errors
- Ensures data security by implementing access levels control based on roles
- Registers the website with a search engine to increase hit rates
- Monitors and provides statistics on the performance of the websites
Web Designers
- Responsible for design and creation of websites
Network Administrators
- installation of new file servers and workstations
- Troubleshooting of LANs
- Backup of servers and workstations
- Upgrade of existing software
- Administration of network security
System Administrators
- co-ordinates system updates
- provides assistance in testing new equipment and systems
- trains technical staff how to use or access a new system
- establishes access controls and data security
- optimises performance, ensures system backup, set up system recovery procedures in case of system failure.
- Determines information needs,system definitions and data flows in consultation with technical,manegerial and administrative staff.
