Reg Simard, Telecontrol Technician
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MORE INFOTelecommunications installation and repair workers install, test, maintain and repair telephones, telephone switching equipment and telecommunications equipment including fibre optics, microwave, radio and satellite.
They're employed by telephone and other telecommunications transmission companies.
There are many opportunities in telecommunications technology. The common thread for pursuing a career in any one of them is to have:
- Completion of secondary school
- (Usually) Completion of a college electrical and electronics program and several months of on-the-job training or a three- or four-year apprenticeship training program