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Telecommunications technician

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A telecommunications technician installs telecommunications devices and systems at various installation sites and performs maintenance work on them. Telecommunications technicians work for telecom operators or in the electronics and electrical industry, which manufactures related equipment. The profession requires technical expertise, manual skills, precision, teamwork abilities, and customer service skills.

Information and telecommunications operators as well as the electronics and electrical industry.

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Tietoliikenneasentajalta edellytetään tele-, sähkö- ja digitaalitekniikan tuntemusta. Työssä tarvitaan käden taitoja. Työntekijältä vaaditaan tarkkuutta, huolellisuutta, ongelmanratkaisutaitoja ja asiakaspalvelutaitoja. Tehtävien hoito edellyttää kykyä sekä itsenäiseen että ryhmätyöskentelyyn.

Englanninkielisen ammattitekstin ymmärtäminen on tarpeen. Tekniikan kehittyminen edellyttää jatkuvaa opiskelua ja uuden omaksumista.

Ammatissa tarvitaan normaali näön tarkkuutta ja värinäköä. Työtä saatetaan tehdä hankalissa asennoissa ja korkeissa paikoissa.

In upper secondary vocational institutions, you can complete the Vocational Qualification in Information and Telecommunications Technology. After gaining more professional experience, it is also possible to complete the Further Vocational Qualification and Specialist Vocational Qualification in Information and Telecommunications Technology. The qualification can also be completed through apprenticeship training.

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According to the regulations in the electrical safety sector, only persons with sufficient professional skills may carry out electrical and operational work in their own field independently. The person in charge of the electrical safety sector (head of electrical work or head of operation) must have a certificate of competence covering the area of operation. The certificate of competency is issued to a person with adequate electrical training, work experience and a completed electrical safety degree.

Median salary

3232 €/mo

Private sector

3237 €/mo

Public sector

3022 €/mo

The data is based on the median income, meaning the amount of salary which is the middle of the salary amounts arranged in order of magnitude.

Source: Statistics Finland's structural statistics on wages and salaries