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Communications Careers and Jobs

Select, Find and Prepare for Communications Careers and Jobs - all on one page

For people who want broad career flexibility across media, marketing, corporate, and nonprofit sectors. Use the tools below to see which communications roles fit your background and goals.

This is a highly flexible major whose value comes from transferable skills (writing, persuasion, media literacy) rather than one fixed job title. Use the tools below to explore Communications-related job titles sorted by growth rate, salary, or required education. You can start with entry points like Communications Assistant, or look ahead to advanced roles such as Communications Director or Marketing Director. Along the way, you will see specific certifications, such as Accreditation in Public Relations (APR), that can help you move up the career ladder.



4 Steps to Use This Page: 1-Explore Careers of Intrerest 2-See Job Listings Matched to Career 3-Prepare for the Career 4-See External Career Resources

Here is a short Helper Video External Link

This page will take you through 4 steps to (1) Select from Communications careers/jobs, (2) Find Communications job listings, (3) Prepare for Communications careers, and (4) Provide Communications career-specific resources.

Step 1: Select a Career/Job: This page starts with 4 ways for you to identify and select from listings of Communications careers/jobs:
A) Fastest Growing Communications Careers - 2023 to 2033 (est.)
These listings are based on job growth estimates and helps you to identify the fastest growing and evolving Communications careers. Some careers may not initially seem related to Communications, so relevant Communications jobs are listed alongside each listing. This can also help us to identify which careers (bottom of the listing) may have negative growth - perhaps due to automation or planned obsolescence.
B) Median Annual Salary U.S. Communications Careers
These listings are sorted (descending) by median annual salary in the U.S. This may help us to identify our ideal career. We may not qualify at this time for the desired career, but this listing and the results provided can help us to explore job details, as well as learn how to appropriately prepare for the career.
C) Communications Career Ladders (Educational Requirements)
These listings will help us to identify Communications careers sorted by educational requirements (with the most difficult to obtain listed first). This may help us to identify career ladders (as we scroll down the list), and help us to get jobs that we qualify for now.
D) Select From a Listing of 39 Communications Jobs.
The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
1) Filter - As you enter a word, you will filter (limit) the list of job titles
2) Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply explore the list of job titles. There may be many that you might never have considered to be of interest.
Once you have identified a job title of interest, simply click on it.

Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.

Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the chosen career. Information may include (not every career choice includes all of the elements below - updates occur quarterly):
Core Duties: Lists the primary worker-related tasks performed in this occupation
Supplemental Duties: Lists additional tasks that are performed but are secondary to the core duties
Work Activities: Summarizes the broad types of behaviors and actions related to this career
Specific Work Activities: Provides more granular day-to-day activities tied to the work performed
Essential Skills: Provides foundational skills that are core to performing this specific occupation
Transferable Skills: Provides career-portable skills that can be applied across multiple occupations and industries
Day-in-the-Life Summaries: Provides a snapshot of the key activities performed on a typical workday in this career
Knowledge Required: Provides the requirements regarding the acquisition of facts and principles
Software Skills: Lists software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized by category and priority
Preparation Required: Provides a summary of the required experience and education
Education Required: Detailed breakdown of the education required
Training and Experience Required: Detailed breakdown of the training and Training and Experience Required
Local Salary Information: Provides national and local salary ranges
Certifications: Provides appropriate government and private-sector certifications and/or credentials that may be required
Professional Associations: Provides professional associations that are related to the career selected
Job Listings: Provides links to active current job listings for the selected career, along with multiple similar job titles to explore. All information appears on this page without navigating away.
Related Careers to Consider: Lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to your initial choice - what they do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit.

** If you clicked on a link from section D (as described in Step 1 above), you will see one or more links to an occupation that is usually a bit more general than your initial job selection - the link(s) is directly related to the specific job you identified through your prior selections.
*NOTE: It is possible that there may not be a career path identified for the specific job you selected in Step 1. If this is the case, scroll up the page and click on a different career/job.

Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that provide detailed (updated) links specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview. Can also assist with coffee chats.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.




Step 1 of 4: Select a Career/Job

14 Communications careers are listed below (sorted by Percentage Change in Total Job Openings - 2023 to 2033 est.). Communications-related jobs specific to each career are also provided. This shows which careers are emerging and growing the fastest. Please Scroll and Select below:

Occupations U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033 (% change) Communications-Related Jobs

Audio and Video Technicians 26.2% Audio Visual Communications Systems Technician
Occupation: Audio and Video Technicians U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 26.2% Communications-Related Jobs: Audio Visual Communications Systems Technician
Public Relations Specialists 11.4% Corporate Communications Specialist; Digital Communications Specialist; Environmental Communications Specialist; Information and Communications Specialist; Internal Communications Specialist; Marketing Communications Coordinator; Marketing Communications Specialist
Occupation: Public Relations Specialists U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 11.4% Communications-Related Jobs: Corporate Communications Specialist; Digital Communications Specialist; Environmental Communications Specialist; Information and Communications Specialist; Internal Communications Specialist; Marketing Communications Coordinator; Marketing Communications Specialist
Marketing Managers 10% Marketing Communications Manager
Occupation: Marketing Managers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 10% Communications-Related Jobs: Marketing Communications Manager
Public Safety Telecommunicators 8.2% Emergency Communications Dispatcher; Emergency Communications Officer (ECO); Emergency Communications Operator (ECO); Police Communications Dispatcher; Police Communications Operator
Occupation: Public Safety Telecommunicators U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 8.2% Communications-Related Jobs: Emergency Communications Dispatcher; Emergency Communications Officer (ECO); Emergency Communications Operator (ECO); Police Communications Dispatcher; Police Communications Operator
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 7.3% Adjunct Communications Faculty Member; Adjunct Communications Instructor; Interpersonal Communications Professor; Mass Communications Professor; Speech Communication Professor
Occupation: Communications Teachers, Postsecondary U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 7.3% Communications-Related Jobs: Adjunct Communications Faculty Member; Adjunct Communications Instructor; Interpersonal Communications Professor; Mass Communications Professor; Speech Communication Professor
Electrical Engineers 6.8% Wire Communications Engineer
Occupation: Electrical Engineers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 6.8% Communications-Related Jobs: Wire Communications Engineer
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 6.8% Identification and Communications Supervisor
Occupation: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 6.8% Communications-Related Jobs: Identification and Communications Supervisor
Emergency Management Directors 6.2% 911 Communications Manager
Occupation: Emergency Management Directors U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 6.2% Communications-Related Jobs: 911 Communications Manager
Signal and Track Switch Repairers 5.6% Signal and Communications Maintainer
Occupation: Signal and Track Switch Repairers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 5.6% Communications-Related Jobs: Signal and Communications Maintainer
Computer Network Architects 5.5% Data Communications Analyst
Occupation: Computer Network Architects U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 5.5% Communications-Related Jobs: Data Communications Analyst
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 3.9% Radio Communications Tech (Radio Communications Technician)
Occupation: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 3.9% Communications-Related Jobs: Radio Communications Tech (Radio Communications Technician)
Air Traffic Controllers 3.8% Flight Communications Officer
Occupation: Air Traffic Controllers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 3.8% Communications-Related Jobs: Flight Communications Officer
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers -1.1% Data Communications Technician; Satellite Communications Antenna Installer; Satellite Communications Operator
Occupation: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -1.1% Communications-Related Jobs: Data Communications Technician; Satellite Communications Antenna Installer; Satellite Communications Operator
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service -22.7% Central Communications Specialist; Police Communications Operator
Occupation: Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -22.7% Communications-Related Jobs: Central Communications Specialist; Police Communications Operator

19 Communications careers are listed below (sorted by U.S. National Median Salary). Communications-related jobs specific to each occupation are also provided. Please Scroll and Select below::

Occupations National Median Salary Communications-Related Jobs

Marketing Managers $ 157,620 Marketing Communications Manager
Occupation: Marketing Managers National Median Salary: $ 157,620 Communications-Related Jobs: Marketing Communications Manager
Air Traffic Controllers $ 137,380 Flight Communications Officer
Occupation: Air Traffic Controllers National Median Salary: $ 137,380 Communications-Related Jobs: Flight Communications Officer
Public Relations Managers $ 134,760 Marketing and Communications Manager; Marketing Communications Manager
Occupation: Public Relations Managers National Median Salary: $ 134,760 Communications-Related Jobs: Marketing and Communications Manager; Marketing Communications Manager
Computer Network Architects $ 129,840 Data Communications Analyst
Occupation: Computer Network Architects National Median Salary: $ 129,840 Communications-Related Jobs: Data Communications Analyst
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists $ 129,840 Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD); Unified Communications Engineer
Occupation: Telecommunications Engineering Specialists National Median Salary: $ 129,840 Communications-Related Jobs: Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD); Unified Communications Engineer
Electrical Engineers $ 106,950 Wire Communications Engineer
Occupation: Electrical Engineers National Median Salary: $ 106,950 Communications-Related Jobs: Wire Communications Engineer
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives $ 101,750 Identification and Communications Supervisor
Occupation: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives National Median Salary: $ 101,750 Communications-Related Jobs: Identification and Communications Supervisor
Database Administrators $ 101,510 Picture Archiving and Communication Systems Administrator (PACS Administrator)
Occupation: Database Administrators National Median Salary: $ 101,510 Communications-Related Jobs: Picture Archiving and Communication Systems Administrator (PACS Administrator)
Project Management Specialists $ 98,580 Project Communications Officer
Occupation: Project Management Specialists National Median Salary: $ 98,580 Communications-Related Jobs: Project Communications Officer
Emergency Management Directors $ 83,960 911 Communications Manager
Occupation: Emergency Management Directors National Median Salary: $ 83,960 Communications-Related Jobs: 911 Communications Manager
Signal and Track Switch Repairers $ 82,710 Signal and Communications Maintainer
Occupation: Signal and Track Switch Repairers National Median Salary: $ 82,710 Communications-Related Jobs: Signal and Communications Maintainer
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary $ 79,910 Adjunct Communications Faculty Member; Adjunct Communications Instructor; Interpersonal Communications Professor; Mass Communications Professor; Speech Communication Professor
Occupation: Communications Teachers, Postsecondary National Median Salary: $ 79,910 Communications-Related Jobs: Adjunct Communications Faculty Member; Adjunct Communications Instructor; Interpersonal Communications Professor; Mass Communications Professor; Speech Communication Professor
Search Marketing Strategists $ 74,680 Marketing Communications Specialist
Occupation: Search Marketing Strategists National Median Salary: $ 74,680 Communications-Related Jobs: Marketing Communications Specialist
Public Relations Specialists $ 66,750 Corporate Communications Specialist; Digital Communications Specialist; Environmental Communications Specialist; Information and Communications Specialist; Internal Communications Specialist; Marketing Communications Coordinator; Marketing Communications Specialist
Occupation: Public Relations Specialists National Median Salary: $ 66,750 Communications-Related Jobs: Corporate Communications Specialist; Digital Communications Specialist; Environmental Communications Specialist; Information and Communications Specialist; Internal Communications Specialist; Marketing Communications Coordinator; Marketing Communications Specialist
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers $ 61,310 Radio Communications Tech (Radio Communications Technician)
Occupation: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers National Median Salary: $ 61,310 Communications-Related Jobs: Radio Communications Tech (Radio Communications Technician)
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers $ 61,270 Data Communications Technician; Satellite Communications Antenna Installer; Satellite Communications Operator
Occupation: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers National Median Salary: $ 61,270 Communications-Related Jobs: Data Communications Technician; Satellite Communications Antenna Installer; Satellite Communications Operator
Audio and Video Technicians $ 51,640 Audio Visual Communications Systems Technician
Occupation: Audio and Video Technicians National Median Salary: $ 51,640 Communications-Related Jobs: Audio Visual Communications Systems Technician
Public Safety Telecommunicators $ 48,890 Emergency Communications Dispatcher; Emergency Communications Officer (ECO); Emergency Communications Operator (ECO); Police Communications Dispatcher; Police Communications Operator
Occupation: Public Safety Telecommunicators National Median Salary: $ 48,890 Communications-Related Jobs: Emergency Communications Dispatcher; Emergency Communications Officer (ECO); Emergency Communications Operator (ECO); Police Communications Dispatcher; Police Communications Operator
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service $ 36,750 Central Communications Specialist; Police Communications Operator
Occupation: Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service National Median Salary: $ 36,750 Communications-Related Jobs: Central Communications Specialist; Police Communications Operator

19 Communications careers are listed (sorted by Education/Preparation Requirements - descending) to provide career ladders. Communications-related jobs specific to each career are also provided.

Education/Preparation Categories:
5 = Usually requires graduate school (e.g., Master's degree, Ph.D., M.D., or J.D.)
4 = Usually requires a four-year Bachelor's degree
3 = Usually requires vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or Associate's degree
2 = Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, but not always
Please Scroll and Select below:
Occupations Education/Preparation Communications-Related Jobs

Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 5 Adjunct Communications Faculty Member; Adjunct Communications Instructor; Interpersonal Communications Professor; Mass Communications Professor; Speech Communication Professor
Occupation: Communications Teachers, Postsecondary Education/Preparation: 5 Communications-Related Jobs: Adjunct Communications Faculty Member; Adjunct Communications Instructor; Interpersonal Communications Professor; Mass Communications Professor; Speech Communication Professor
Computer Network Architects 4 Data Communications Analyst
Occupation: Computer Network Architects Education/Preparation: 4 Communications-Related Jobs: Data Communications Analyst
Database Administrators 4 Picture Archiving and Communication Systems Administrator (PACS Administrator)
Occupation: Database Administrators Education/Preparation: 4 Communications-Related Jobs: Picture Archiving and Communication Systems Administrator (PACS Administrator)
Electrical Engineers 4 Wire Communications Engineer
Occupation: Electrical Engineers Education/Preparation: 4 Communications-Related Jobs: Wire Communications Engineer
Emergency Management Directors 4 911 Communications Manager
Occupation: Emergency Management Directors Education/Preparation: 4 Communications-Related Jobs: 911 Communications Manager
Marketing Managers 4 Marketing Communications Manager
Occupation: Marketing Managers Education/Preparation: 4 Communications-Related Jobs: Marketing Communications Manager
Project Management Specialists 4 Project Communications Officer
Occupation: Project Management Specialists Education/Preparation: 4 Communications-Related Jobs: Project Communications Officer
Public Relations Managers 4 Marketing and Communications Manager; Marketing Communications Manager
Occupation: Public Relations Managers Education/Preparation: 4 Communications-Related Jobs: Marketing and Communications Manager; Marketing Communications Manager
Public Relations Specialists 4 Corporate Communications Specialist; Digital Communications Specialist; Environmental Communications Specialist; Information and Communications Specialist; Internal Communications Specialist; Marketing Communications Coordinator; Marketing Communications Specialist
Occupation: Public Relations Specialists Education/Preparation: 4 Communications-Related Jobs: Corporate Communications Specialist; Digital Communications Specialist; Environmental Communications Specialist; Information and Communications Specialist; Internal Communications Specialist; Marketing Communications Coordinator; Marketing Communications Specialist
Search Marketing Strategists 4 Marketing Communications Specialist
Occupation: Search Marketing Strategists Education/Preparation: 4 Communications-Related Jobs: Marketing Communications Specialist
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 3 Data Communications Technician; Satellite Communications Antenna Installer; Satellite Communications Operator
Occupation: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Education/Preparation: 3 Communications-Related Jobs: Data Communications Technician; Satellite Communications Antenna Installer; Satellite Communications Operator
Air Traffic Controllers 3 Flight Communications Officer
Occupation: Air Traffic Controllers Education/Preparation: 3 Communications-Related Jobs: Flight Communications Officer
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 3 Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD); Unified Communications Engineer
Occupation: Telecommunications Engineering Specialists Education/Preparation: 3 Communications-Related Jobs: Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD); Unified Communications Engineer
Signal and Track Switch Repairers 3 Signal and Communications Maintainer
Occupation: Signal and Track Switch Repairers Education/Preparation: 3 Communications-Related Jobs: Signal and Communications Maintainer
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 3 Radio Communications Tech (Radio Communications Technician)
Occupation: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers Education/Preparation: 3 Communications-Related Jobs: Radio Communications Tech (Radio Communications Technician)
Audio and Video Technicians 3 Audio Visual Communications Systems Technician
Occupation: Audio and Video Technicians Education/Preparation: 3 Communications-Related Jobs: Audio Visual Communications Systems Technician
Public Safety Telecommunicators 2 Emergency Communications Dispatcher; Emergency Communications Officer (ECO); Emergency Communications Operator (ECO); Police Communications Dispatcher; Police Communications Operator
Occupation: Public Safety Telecommunicators Education/Preparation: 2 Communications-Related Jobs: Emergency Communications Dispatcher; Emergency Communications Officer (ECO); Emergency Communications Operator (ECO); Police Communications Dispatcher; Police Communications Operator
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 2 Central Communications Specialist; Police Communications Operator
Occupation: Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service Education/Preparation: 2 Communications-Related Jobs: Central Communications Specialist; Police Communications Operator
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 2 Identification and Communications Supervisor
Occupation: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Education/Preparation: 2 Communications-Related Jobs: Identification and Communications Supervisor

Scroll through the picklist (below). There are 39 specific Communications job titles listed. Select those that may be of interest - you will get active job listing links, along with detailed resources to help you prepare for a career related to that job.
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911 Communications Manager
Adjunct Communications Faculty Member
Adjunct Communications Instructor
Air Defense Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence Tactical Operations Center Enhanced Operator/Maintainer
Audio Visual Communications Systems Technician
Central Communications Specialist
Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) Officer
Corporate Communications Specialist
Data Communications Analyst
Data Communications Technician
Digital Communications Specialist
Emergency Communications Dispatcher
Emergency Communications Officer (ECO)
Emergency Communications Operator (ECO)
Environmental Communications Specialist
Flight Communications Officer
Flight Communications Operator
Identification and Communications Supervisor
Information and Communications Specialist
Internal Communications Specialist
Interpersonal Communications Professor
Marketing and Communications Manager
Marketing Communications Coordinator
Marketing Communications Manager
Marketing Communications Specialist
Mass Communications Professor
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems Administrator (PACS Administrator)
Police Communications Dispatcher
Police Communications Operator
Project Communications Officer
Radio Communications Tech (Radio Communications Technician)
Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD)
Satellite Communications Antenna Installer
Satellite Communications Operator
Signal and Communications Maintainer
Special Forces Communications Sergeant
Speech Communication Professor
Unified Communications Engineer
Wire Communications Engineer


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Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career





Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

Description: Repair, install, or maintain mobile or stationary radio transmitting, broadcasting, and receiving equipment, and two-way radio communications systems used in cellular telecommunications, mobile broadband, ship-to-shore, aircraft-to-ground communications, and radio equipment in service and emergency vehicles. May test and analyze network coverage.

U.S. Total Employment (2023):
13,500
U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
14,100
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
500 (3.9%)
Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
1,600
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers":

Core Duties

Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Run appropriate power, ground, or coaxial cables.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Bolt equipment into place, using hand or power tools.
Importance: 97 (%) Description: Replace existing antennas with new antennas as directed.
Importance: 97 (%) Description: Inspect completed work to ensure all hardware is tight, antennas are level, hangers are properly fastened, proper support is in place, or adequate weather proofing has been installed.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Read work orders, blueprints, plans, datasheets or site drawings to determine work to be done.
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Transport equipment to work sites, using utility trucks and equipment trailers.
Importance: 89 (%) Description: Take site survey photos or photos of work performed, using digital cameras.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Install all necessary transmission equipment components, including antennas or antenna mounts, surge arrestors, transmission lines, connectors, or tower-mounted amplifiers (TMAs).
Importance: 86 (%) Description: Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Complete reports related to project status, progress, or other work details, using computer software.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Install, connect, or test underground or aboveground grounding systems.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: Check antenna positioning to ensure specified azimuths or mechanical tilts and adjust as necessary.
Supplemental Duties
Important Supplemental Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 47 (%) Description: Perform maintenance or repair work on existing tower equipment, using hand or power tools.
Importance: 45 (%) Description: Locate tower sites where work is to be performed, using mapping software.
Importance: 42 (%) Description: Climb communication towers to install, replace, or repair antennas or auxiliary equipment used to transmit and receive radio waves.
Importance: 39 (%) Description: Climb towers to access components, using safety equipment, such as full-body harnesses.
Importance: 38 (%) Description: Install or repair tower lighting components, including strobes, beacons, or lighting controllers.
Importance: 37 (%) Description: Lift equipment into position, using cranes and rigging tools or equipment, such as gin poles.
Work Activities

Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 92 (%) Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Importance: 90 (%) Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Importance: 89 (%) Description: Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials: Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Importance: 89 (%) Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Importance: 85 (%) Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment: Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment: Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Handling and Moving Objects: Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Performing General Physical Activities: Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Importance: 77 (%) Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Importance: 77 (%) Description: Communicating with People Outside the Organization: Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Importance: 76 (%) Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Scheduling Work and Activities: Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Importance: 74 (%) Description: Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People: Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Importance: 72 (%) Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Importance: 72 (%) Description: Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment: Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Importance: 70 (%) Description: Training and Teaching Others: Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Controlling Machines and Processes: Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information: Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment: Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Providing Consultation and Advice to Others: Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Coaching and Developing Others: Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates: Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Developing Objectives and Strategies: Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Importance: 63 (%) Description: Performing Administrative Activities: Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
Importance: 63 (%) Description: Performing for or Working Directly with the Public: Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Importance: 63 (%) Description: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others: Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Developing and Building Teams: Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Specific Work Activities

Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below:
Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
Adjust the tension of nuts or bolts.
Assemble electrical components, subsystems, or systems.
Bolt objects into place.
Calibrate equipment to specifications.
Climb equipment or structures to access work areas.
Connect electrical components or equipment.
Control power supply connections.
Document operational activities.
Gather information about work conditions or locations.
Inspect completed work to ensure proper functioning.
Inspect safety equipment to ensure proper functioning.
Inspect telecommunications equipment to identify problems.
Install audio or communications equipment.
Install electrical components, equipment, or systems.
Interpret blueprints, specifications, or diagrams to inform installation, development or operation activities.
Lay cables to connect equipment.
Maintain work equipment or machinery.
Move large objects using heavy equipment.
Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
Position equipment using hand tools, power tools, or heavy equipment.
Read work orders or descriptions of problems to determine repairs or modifications needed.
Record images needed to address work issues.
Repair electrical circuits or wiring.
Repair electrical components.
Repair electronic equipment.
Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
Solder parts or connections between parts.
Test communications equipment to ensure proper functioning.
Test electrical circuits or components for proper functioning.
Test electrical equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
Knowledge Required

Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Importance: 77 (%) Description: Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Importance: 76 (%) Description: Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Importance: 63 (%) Description: Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Importance: 63 (%) Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Importance: 59 (%) Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Importance: 59 (%) Description: Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Essential Skills

Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 54 (%) Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Importance: 54 (%) Description: Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Importance: 54 (%) Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Importance: 54 (%) Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 58 (%) Description: Repairing: Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
Importance: 56 (%) Description: Installation: Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
Importance: 56 (%) Description: Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Day-in-the-Life Summaries

Day-in-the-Life Summaries
These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you?
Activity: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance.
Activity: Assemble equipment or components.
Activity: Climb equipment or structures.
Activity: Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools.
Activity: Gather data about operational or development activities.
Activity: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment.
Activity: Inspect completed work or finished products.
Activity: Install commercial or production equipment.
Activity: Join parts using soldering, welding, or brazing techniques.
Activity: Maintain operational records.
Activity: Maintain tools or equipment.
Activity: Move materials, equipment, or supplies.
Activity: Operate lifting or moving equipment.
Activity: Position tools or equipment.
Activity: Read documents or materials to inform work processes.
Activity: Record images with photographic or audiovisual equipment.
Activity: Repair electrical or electronic equipment.
Activity: Repair tools or equipment.
Activity: Test performance of equipment or systems.
Software Skills

Software Skills
These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job?
High-Priority Tech Skills
Electronic mail software:
Microsoft Outlook
Office suite software:
Microsoft Office software
Presentation software:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software:
Microsoft Excel
Word processing software:
Microsoft Word
Emerging Tech Skills
Operating system software:
Microsoft Windows
Project management software:
Microsoft Project
General Software Tools
Analytical or scientific software:
AERONET calculator
Sweep analysis software
Zoho WebNMS Cell Tower Manager
Facilities management software:
Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
Maintenance documentation software
Geographic information system:
Caliper Maptitude
Map creation software:
Location mapping software
Web platform development software:
Backbone.js
Preparation Required
Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job?
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
Education Required

Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment
This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Education
Frequency of Attainment: 30.7 (%) Level of Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
Frequency of Attainment: 21.7 (%) Level of Education: Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
Frequency of Attainment: 18.0 (%) Level of Education: Some College Courses
Frequency of Attainment: 15.7 (%) Level of Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Frequency of Attainment: 9.8 (%) Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 4.2 (%) Level of Education: Less than a High School Diploma
Training and Experience Required

Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment
This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Training and Work Experience
Frequency of Attainment: 31.0 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Frequency of Attainment: 23.2 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Frequency of Attainment: 16.0 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: None
Frequency of Attainment: 8.2 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years
Frequency of Attainment: 7.6 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Frequency of Attainment: 6.1 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Frequency of Attainment: 5.3 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Up to and including 1 month
Frequency of Attainment: 2.6 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
Certifications
Certifications
These are examples of certifications that may be important for this occupation. How can you begin exploring which certifications fit your goals and what steps you would need to take to earn them?
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Job Listings
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