ANZSCO 263311

Telecommunications Engineers

Overview

EMPLOYED

2,700

PART-TIME SHARE

8%

FEMALE SHARE

10%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

N/A

MEDIAN AGE

41

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

N/A

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Summary

Telecommunication Engineers design and develop telecommunications systems, devices and products.

Tasks

  • Designs, builds, configures and commissions devices, networks and systems and ensures systems interconnect with equipment from different manufacturers, service providers and users
  • Compiles proposals to define goals, identifies scope, background and need, and ascertains cost of the proposal
  • Evaluates and procures new products and services
  • Ensures compliance with laws, regulations, policies and procedures in the provision of systems
  • Selects and develops new sites by locating sites, filing, drawing up, and drafting drawings, and following through to approval
  • Determines appropriate configurations of hardware and software, ensuring desired performance of equipment
  • Prepares and interprets specifications, drawings and regulations for the use of equipment
  • Determines the type and arrangement of circuits, transformers, circuit-breakers, transmission lines and equipment
  • Identifies and analyses problems and needs of existing systems, to determine the most appropriate means of reducing, eliminating and avoiding current and future problems and improve communications
  • Monitors systems to assess need for updates, upgrades, enhancements, preventive maintenance and new systems
  • Assesses performance levels of system hardware and software to project future needs, and develops short and long-terms plans for updating equipment, adding capabilities, enhancing existing systems and providing improved telecommunications

ANZSCO Classification

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    Hours worked

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: those who were classified as "Employed, away from work" at the time of the 2021 Census (accounting for approx. 8% of total employment), have been excluded from the "Average full-time hours worked per week" denominator.
    Hours worked Telecommunications Engineers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 92% 64%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 42 hours 44 hours

    Industries

    Telecommunications Engineers work in industries like:

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    38.4%

    Victoria

    27.7%

    Queensland

    13.5%

    South Australia

    4.6%

    Tasmania

    0.8%

    Northern Territory

    0.9%

    Australian Capital Territory

    4.1%

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age and Gender Telecommunications Engineers All Occupations
    Median age 41 years 40 years
    Female share of employment 10% 49%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Telecommunications Engineers
    15–19 5.2 0.2
    20–24 9.1 2.7
    25–34 22.7 21.1
    35–44 22.3 35.9
    45–54 20.4 23.8
    55–59 8.8 9.2
    60–64 6.5 4.0
    65 and Over 4.9 3.1

    Education

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study).
    Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
    Note: the sum of the educational attainment categories may not add up to 100% due to the exclusion of non-descriptive categories such as not stated responses.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Telecommunications Engineers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 27.2
    Bachelor degree 23.2 44.6
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 10.8
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 9.2
    Year 12 15.9 4.2
    Year 11 4.0 0.4
    Year 10 and below 9.7 0.8
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      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations

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