From data warehouse designer to database designer
25 of the 27 essential skills of a database designer are already essential for a data warehouse designer — about 93% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from data warehouse designer in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 25
- skills carry over
- 2
- would be new
- 93%
- of the target job covered
- 27
- essential skills of a database designer
What a database designer does
Database designers specify the database's logical structure, processes, and information flows. They design data models and databases to serve data acquisition.
What carries over
25 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- analyse business requirements
- apply ICT systems theory
- assess ICT knowledge
- business process modelling
- create data sets
- create database diagrams
- create software design
- database
- database development tools
- database management systems
- define technical requirements
- design database scheme
- develop automated migration methods
- ICT security legislation
- information structure
- manage database
- manage standards for data exchange
- migrate existing data
- operate relational database management system
- query languages
- resource description framework query language
- systems theory
- use markup languages
- web programming
- write database documentation
What would be new
2 skillsEssential for a database designer and not for a data warehouse designer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from data warehouse designer
2 roles- knowledge engineer13 skills in common
- ICT system architect10 skills in common
← data warehouse designerdatabase designer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a database designer?
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