Radio, Cellular, & Tower Equipment Installers & Repairers
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.
Also called: Avionics Technician, Communications Tower Technician, Tower Climber, Tower Technician
Knowledge:
- telecommunications
- multimedia
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- product and service development
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- put together small parts with your fingers
- keep your arm or hand steady
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Analytical Thinking
- Stress Tolerance
- Initiative
Technology:
Analytical or scientific software
- AERONET calculator
- Sweep analysis software
- Caliper Maptitude
- Location mapping software
