Occupation Atlastelecommunications equipment maintainer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d07e6a57-a339-4cfd-bf22-a951713148a3
telecommunications equipment maintainer
Telecommunications equipment maintainers repair, install or maintain mobile or stationary radio transmitting, broadcasting, and receiving equipment, and two-way radio communications systems (cellular telecommunications, mobile broadband, ship-to-shore, aircraft-to-ground communications, radio equipment in service and emergency vehicles). They also focus on communication towers, antennas, amplifiers and connectors. They may test and analyse network coverage.
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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.
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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 (9)
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 network cable limitations
- assess telecommunication infrastructure issues
- calibrate electronic instruments
- install low voltage wiring
- maintain radio communications equipment
- operate remote broadcast equipment
- operate two-way radio systems
- repair wiring
- solder electronics
Optional (11)
- ICT power consumption
- implement ICT security policies
- implement a firewall
- implement a virtual private network
- install signal repeaters
- meet deadlines
- operate audio equipment
- operate radio equipment
- solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools
- use a complex communication system
- use precision tools
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 9 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
telecommunications technician
4 shared · 22 more of its ownoperate two-way radio systems, install low voltage wiring, repair wiring, solder electronics
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communication infrastructure maintainer
3 shared · 10 more of its ownassess telecommunication infrastructure issues, ICT network cable limitations, install low voltage wiring
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radio technician
3 shared · 16 more of its ownmaintain radio communications equipment, solder electronics, calibrate electronic instruments
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broadcast technician
2 shared · 17 more of its owninstall low voltage wiring, calibrate electronic instruments
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