Telecommunications Engineering Specialists

Design or configure wired, wireless, and satellite communications systems for voice, video, and data services. Supervise installation, service, and maintenance.

On the job, you would:

• Consult with users, administrators, and engineers to identify business and technical requirements for proposed system modifications or technology purchases.
• Implement system renovation projects in collaboration with technical staff, engineering consultants, installers, and vendors.
• Keep abreast of changes in industry practices and emerging telecommunications technology by reviewing current literature, talking with colleagues, participating in educational programs, attending meetings or workshops, or participating in professional organizations or conferences.

Education

• vocational school training
• on-the-job experience
• associate's degree

Communications

• telecommunications

Engineering and Technology

• computers and electronics
• product and service development

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Math and Science

• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• reading work related information

People and Technology Systems

• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
• measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

• Attention to Detail
• Dependability
• Integrity
• Analytical Thinking
• Initiative
• Stress Tolerance

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• notice when problems happen
• order or arrange things

Math

• add, subtract, multiply, or divide
• choose the right type of math to solve a problem