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Radiocommunications Technician

Technicians and Trades WorkersUsually a diploma or similar, or several years of experience

What the work is

Installs, maintains, repairs and diagnoses malfunctions of microwave, telemetry, multiplexing, satellite and other radio and electromagnetic wave communication systems.

Would you enjoy the work?

These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.

  • Installs and configures radio and communication systems
  • Operates, upgrades and maintains radio communications technical instruments, infrastructure, devices, network systems and field equipment
  • Diagnoses and troubleshoots malfunctions in radio and communication systems
  • Repairs or replaces faulty components in radio and communication systems
  • Tests, analyses performance data, validates and calibrates radio and communication equipment to ensure proper functioning
  • Monitors and analyses radio frequency signals to identify and resolve interference issues

Try it

A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the field team of a fictional telecommunications and IT services company, working on towers, offices and server rooms. They are fictional.

The kind of days you could have

Good days

  • A network that was down for a whole office comes back and everyone cheers
  • You trace a strange fault to one loose connector and fix it in minutes
  • A neat, labelled cabinet that the next technician will thank you for

Hard days

  • Working at height in hot, windy weather to reach an antenna
  • An outage that affects hundreds of people while you are still looking for the cause
  • A customer who is certain you caused the problem and will not be told otherwise

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 314132, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.