Occupation Atlastelecommunications engineering technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d84bf1d7-ef99-40c4-a407-3791d6531b44
telecommunications engineering technician
Telecommunications engineering technician deploy, maintain and monitor a telecommunication system that provides interactions between data and voice communications, such as telephone, video conferencing, computer, and voicemail systems. They are also involved in the design, manufacturing, construction, maintenance and repair of telecommunication systems. Telecommunications engineering technicians provide technical assistance in the research and development of telecommunication equipment.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.43
- C Conventional4.83
- I Investigative2.42
- S Social1.81
- E Enterprising1.60
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (49-2022.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (25)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- ICT communications protocols
- ICT system user requirements
- analog electronics theory
- apply ICT system usage policies
- apply system organisational policies
- calibrate electronic instruments
- direct inward dialing
- electromagnetism
- electronics principles
- install monitors for process control
- integrate system components
- interpret technical texts
- manage changes in ICT system
- manage system security
- manage system testing
- microwave principles
- operate electronic measuring instruments
- organisational policies
- quality assurance methodologies
- support ICT system users
- telecom regulations
- upgrade firmware
- use a complex communication system
- use scripting programming
- use session border controller
Optional (51)
- ABAP
- AJAX
- APL
- ASP.NET
- Assembly (computer programming)
- C#
- C++
- COBOL
- Cisco
- CoffeeScript
- Common Lisp
- Erlang
- Groovy
- Haskell
- ICT system programming
- Java (computer programming)
- JavaScript
- Lisp
- MATLAB
- ML (computer programming)
- Microsoft Visual C++
- Objective-C
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
- PHP
- Pascal (computer programming)
- Perl
- Prolog (computer programming)
- Python (computer programming)
- R
- Ruby (computer programming)
- SAP R3
- SAS language
- Scala
- Scratch (computer programming)
- Smalltalk (computer programming)
- Swift (computer programming)
- TypeScript
- VBScript
- Visual Basic
- computer programming
- execute ICT audits
- implement a virtual private network
- log transmitter readings
- maintain telephony system
- meet deadlines
- operate private branch exchange
- procurement of ICT network equipment
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- solder electronics
- solve ICT system problems
- telecommunication trunking
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 25 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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5 shared · 11 more of its ownapply ICT system usage policies, ICT communications protocols, ICT system user requirements, use scripting programming
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telecommunications technician
5 shared · 21 more of its owndirect inward dialing, use session border controller, upgrade firmware, operate electronic measuring instruments
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software manager
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