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.
Also called: telecommunications designer, transmission engineer, communications designer, telecoms engineer, telecommunications technologist, telecom engineer, radio engineer, communications engineer
- 25
- essential skills
- 66
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2153
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- telecommunications analyst9 skills in common
- telecommunications engineering technician9 skills in common
- ICT network administrator8 skills in common
- ICT network architect8 skills in common
- ICT network technician5 skills in common
- communication infrastructure maintainer4 skills in common
- embedded system designer4 skills in common
- telecommunications technician4 skills in common
Essential skills
25- adjust ICT system capacity
- analyse network bandwidth requirements
- define technical requirements
- design computer network
- design process
- electronics principles
- estimate costs of installing telecommunication devices
- ICT communications protocols
- ICT network routing
- ICT network security risks
- ICT system user requirements
- 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 skills
66- ABAP
- Agile project management
- AJAX
- analyse business requirements
- APL
- apply technical communication skills
- ASP.NET
- Assembly (computer programming)
- assess ICT knowledge
- build business relationships
- C#
- C++
- Cisco
- COBOL
- CoffeeScript
- Common Lisp
- computer programming
- create software design
- Erlang
- forecast future ICT network needs
- give live presentation
- Groovy
- Haskell
- ICT networking hardware
- ICT project management methodologies
- implement a firewall
- implement ICT network diagnostic tools
- implement ICT security policies
- install electronic communication equipment
- install low voltage wiring
- integrate system components
- Java (computer programming)
- JavaScript
- lean project management
- Lisp
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Visual C++
- ML (computer programming)
- network engineering
- Objective-C
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
- operate private branch exchange
- Pascal (computer programming)
- perform ICT troubleshooting
- perform resource planning
- Perl
- PHP
- Process-based management
- Prolog (computer programming)
- provide user documentation
- Python (computer programming)
- R
- Ruby (computer programming)
- SAP R3
- SAS language
- Scala
- Scratch (computer programming)
- Smalltalk (computer programming)
- solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools
- strategies for handling cases of elder abuse
- Swift (computer programming)
- telecommunication trunking
- TypeScript
- use different communication channels
- VBScript
- Visual Basic
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