From Data Centre Technician to Senior Data Centre Technician
A step up the ladder, typically 2 years.
There’s a page for this pathway in , with its licences and local details.
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)
- ISCO-08, International Labour Organization, as published in ESCO v1.2.1. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents)