From Data Centre Technician to Senior Data Centre Technician in Australia
A step up the ladder, typically 2 years.
Skills to build
What a Senior Data Centre Technician needs beyond a Data Centre Technician.
White space and IT hardware
- Carry out remote-hands requests Up to Leads others
- Decommission equipment and handle media Up to Leads others
- Install and test a cross-connect Up to Leads others
- Keep cable-plant and circuit records Up to Leads others
- Keep hot and cold aisles right Up to Leads others
- Patch and trace cabling Up to Leads others
- Rack and stack equipment Up to Leads others
- Take electrostatic discharge precautions Up to Leads others
- Certify a fibre circuit Up to Independent
- Inspect and clean fibre Up to Independent
- Terminate and splice fibre Up to Independent
- Work in the meet-me room Up to Independent
Physical access and security
- Escort visitors and contractors Up to Leads others
- Work under the two-person rule Up to Leads others
Leadership
- Coach and assess others Independent
LV distribution
- Connect rack power and busway Up to Independent
Site safety
- Electrical safety awareness Up to Independent
Procedures and documents
- Follow a standard operating procedure (SOP) Independent
Cooling plant
- Psychrometrics and the thermal envelope Up to Independent
Monitoring and response
- Walk the rounds and take readings Up to Independent
Systems and virtualisation
- Use the Linux and Windows command line Up to Assisted
Liquid cooling
- Connect and disconnect a rack’s liquid loop Up to Independent, desirable
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)
- Units of competency from training.gov.au, © Commonwealth of Australia, captured 2026.10. Kept as published. (Training package content, © Commonwealth of Australia: kept as published, no adapted copies)
- Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, OSCA – Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0, and its correspondence to ISCO-08. CC BY 4.0. (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International)