Communication operators

£19,760 Average salary at age 20

£30,680 Average Salary

34 Average hours per week

Description

Job holders in this unit group operate telecommunications equipment to transmit and receive signals and messages.

Receives messages, weather reports and other material to transmit;
Tunes transmitter to required channel or wavelength and relays or receives message to/ from person or vehicle;
Uses a teleprinter or telex keyboard to transmit messages to other teleprinters or telexes;
Keeps record of messages sent and received;
Performs routine tests and maintenance on equipment and reports faults;
Receives and handles incoming calls for emergency services, transmitting to the appropriate services.

Academic qualifications may not be required. On-the-job training is provided.

What Communication operators studied in higher education
Occupation	Percentage Value
(L4) Social policy	3
(L7) Human & social geography	1
(W2) Design studies	2
(L3) Sociology	20
(B3) Complementary medicines, therapies & well-being	1
(C1) Biology	3
(C8) Psychology	8
(R2) German studies	1
(W1) Fine art	2
(F7) Science of aquatic & terrestrial environments	1
(W3) Music	2
(W6) Cinematics & photography	1
(A3) Clinical medicine	1
(Q3) English studies	2
(V2) History by area	2
(L2) Politics	3
(B7) Nursing	1
(R1) French studies	1
(L9) Others in social studies	2
(N5) Marketing	2
(M1) Law by area	3
(M2) Law by topic	3
(N8) Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport	4
(P2) Publicity studies	2
(B9) Others in subjects allied to medicine	1
(B1) Anatomy, physiology & pathology	1
(P5) Journalism	2
(F4) Forensic & archaeological sciences	2
(V5) Philosophy	3
(F3) Physics	1
(L1) Economics	2
(N1) Business studies	3
(X3) Academic studies in education	2
(L5) Social work	2
(V6) Theology & religious studies	1
(C6) Sport & exercise science	3
(P3) Media studies	3
(N2) Management studies	1
(V1) History by period	3
(Q8) Classical studies	1
(L6) Anthropology	2

29300 Workforce Size

4.01% Predicted growth 2024 - 2027

4151 Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027