Communications Operator
What the work is
Transmits and receives radio messages by use of morse code, voice and radio teletype.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Receives and transmits radio messages using morse code, voice and radio teletype
- Monitors and maintains radio equipment
- Follows established procedures and protocols for radio communication
- Maintains communication with other operators, and provides information and assistance to personnel to relay messages accurately and efficiently
- Maintains confidentiality and security of sensitive information transmitted over the radio, and keeps accurate records of all radio communications
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in an electronics service business that installs and repairs security systems, audio gear and office machines. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A machine that has been dead for a week blinks back to life on your bench
- A security system goes live and the nervous owner sees every corner of the shop
- You track a strange glitch to a single dodgy component and fix it in a minute
Hard days
- A fault that appears only when nobody is looking, and disappears when you arrive
- Waiting for a part from overseas while the customer asks every day
- A customer who has already tried to fix it themselves, and made it worse
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 382231, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.