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At Orleans Technical Institute, you can earn your Trades Diploma in just 6 or 13 months and take the first step toward an exciting career as a Telecommunciations Technician. Prepare to provide commercial or in-home customer installations and troubleshooting of wired and wireless networking, cable television, satellite communications, home entertainment, voice and messaging systems.

Learn more about training in our Telecommunications Technician program, recently heard on 93.3 WMMR and featured on Channel 6 Action News and KYW 1060AM radio. Read about our Telecommunications Technician grads in the Northeast Times

Program Objective

Through a combination of theory and hands-on training, students learn how communications networks are designed, constructed and made operational. Hands-on instruction is provided on network construction techniques, the handling and splicing of telephone, cable television, satellite and fiber optic cables. Students learn how to use the tools and test equipment associated with the telecommunications industry to measure the communications signal and proper system maintenance procedures. Graduates are capable of performing residential and commercial communications cabling installations, as well as installing and programming associated equipment.

Employment Opportunities

Graduates are employable in entry-level positions such as cable installer, telecommunications technician, electronics technician, home and entertainment technician, telephone systems technician, wiring technician, satellite television installer, low voltage electrical installer, fiber optic cabling technician, copper cabling technician, and communication technician.

Career Outlook According to the U.S. Department of Labor, employment of telecommunications installation,
maintenance and repair workers should increase between 2008 and 2018.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Occupational Outlook Handbook,” 2010-11 Edition.

Industry Certification

Students in this program are eligible to receive industry recognized certification from C-Tech Associates upon successful completion of certification exams.

 

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