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Communication Operators

Communication operators operate telecoms equipment to transmit and receive signals and messages.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£10,573
£27,490
£44,283

New workers start around £10,573. Normal pay is £27,490 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £44,283.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 31,596 vacancies for this type of job

4.35%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Receives and handles incoming calls for emergency services, transmitting to the appropriate services.

  • Performs routine tests and maintenance on equipment and reports faults.

  • Keeps record of messages sent and received.

  • Uses a teleprinter or telex keyboard to transmit messages to other teleprinters or telexes.

  • Tunes transmitter to required channel or wavelength and relays or receives message to/ from person or vehicle.

  • Receives messages, weather reports and other material to transmit.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

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  • Materials Transport

  • Help Desk Support

  • Construction

  • Palletizing

  • Switchboard Operator

  • Triage

  • Production Schedule

  • Alarm Devices

  • Machinery

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Customer Service

  • Loading And Unloading

  • Management

  • Operations

  • Strong Work Ethic

  • Detail Oriented

  • English Language

  • Professionalism

  • Organizational Skills

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.