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Where a telecommunications equipment maintainer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a telecommunications equipment maintainer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as telecom equipment maintainer, telecoms equipment maintenance engineer, telecommunications equipment maintainers, telecoms equipment maintainer, telecommunications maintenance technician, telecoms equipment maintenance technician.

Craft and related trades workers 20 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: communication infrastructure maintainer, 27%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
communication infrastructure … 27% covered radio technician 25% covered ICT network technician 24% covered telecommunications technician 21% covered broadcast technician 16% covered telecommunications equipm… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from telecommunications equipment maintainer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a telecommunications equipment maintainer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A telecommunications equipment maintainer needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • maintain radio communications equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • assess telecommunication infrastructure issues information skills
  • operate remote broadcast equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • ICT network cable limitations information and communication technologies (icts)
  • operate two-way radio systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • install low voltage wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair wiring working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • solder electronics constructing
  • calibrate electronic instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a telecommunications equipment maintainer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Telecommunications equipment maintainer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a telecommunications equipment maintainer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.