Occupation Atlastelecommunications engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/02eb0ae6-ecdd-4602-9c8e-60ffe6dbe1e2
telecommunications engineer
Telecommunications engineers design, build, test and maintain telecommunication systems and networks, including radio and broadcasting equipment. They analyse customer needs and requirements, ensure that the equipment meets regulations, and prepare and present reports and proposals on telecommunication-related problems. Telecommunications engineers design and oversee the service delivery in all it's phases, supervising the installation and use of telecommunications equipment and facilities, preparing documentation and providing training for company staff once new equipment has been installed.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
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
CRIConventional · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional4.95
- R Realistic4.54
- I Investigative4.29
- E Enterprising3.07
- S Social2.31
- A Artistic1.90
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 Engineering Specialists (15-1241.01): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact 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 network routing
- ICT network security risks
- ICT system user requirements
- adjust ICT system capacity
- analyse network bandwidth requirements
- define technical requirements
- design computer network
- design process
- electronics principles
- estimate costs of installing telecommunication devices
- implement a virtual private network
- interact with users to gather requirements
- log transmitter readings
- microwave principles
- procurement of ICT network equipment
- provide ICT system training
- quality assurance methodologies
- signal processing
- support ICT system users
- systems development life-cycle
- telecom regulations
- telecommunication industry
- use a complex communication system
- use session border controller
Optional (66)
- ABAP
- AJAX
- APL
- ASP.NET
- Agile project management
- Assembly (computer programming)
- C#
- C++
- COBOL
- Cisco
- CoffeeScript
- Common Lisp
- Erlang
- Groovy
- Haskell
- ICT networking hardware
- ICT project management methodologies
- Java (computer programming)
- JavaScript
- Lisp
- MATLAB
- ML (computer programming)
- Microsoft Visual C++
- Objective-C
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
- PHP
- Pascal (computer programming)
- Perl
- Process-based management
- 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
- analyse business requirements
- apply technical communication skills
- assess ICT knowledge
- build business relationships
- computer programming
- create software design
- forecast future ICT network needs
- give live presentation
- implement ICT network diagnostic tools
- implement ICT security policies
- implement a firewall
- install electronic communication equipment
- install low voltage wiring
- integrate system components
- lean project management
- network engineering
- operate private branch exchange
- perform ICT troubleshooting
- perform resource planning
- provide user documentation
- solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools
- strategies for handling cases of elder abuse
- telecommunication trunking
- use different communication channels
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
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