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Telecommunications Engineers

Telecommunications engineers install, maintain and repair public and private telephone systems and maintain, test and repair telecommunications cables.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 23,403
£ 34,358
£ 49,035

New workers start around £23,403. Normal pay is £34,358 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £49,035.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 55,733 vacancies for this type of job

2.72%

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?

  • Erects and maintains mobile telecommunications infrastructure.

  • Locates and repairs faults to lines and ancillary equipment.

  • Connects cables and tests for any defects.

  • Assists with the erection of wooden poles or steel towers to carry overhead lines.

  • Tests installation and makes any further necessary adjustments.

  • Uses testing equipment to locate defective components of circuitry and makes any necessary repairs.

  • Installs telephones, switchboards and coin operated phone boxes.

  • Fixes connecting wires from underground and aerial lines to premises and connects cable terminals to inside wiring.

  • Installs internal cabling and wiring for telephone systems and fits and wires junction and distribution boxes.

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.

  • Telecommunications

  • Operations Support Systems

  • Asbestos Awareness

  • Microsoft Azure

  • Python (Programming Language)

  • Project Management

  • Active Directory

  • Field Service Management

  • Amazon Web Services

  • Agile Methodology

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.

  • Customer Service

  • Communications

  • Self-Motivation

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Management

  • Problem Solving

  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)

  • Emotional Stability

  • Operations

  • Detail Oriented

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.

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