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Telecommunications engineering technician

Other names

telecommunications administrators, telecoms administrator, communication administrator, telecom administrator, communications administrator, telecommunications administrator, telecommunication administrator

They set up, check, and fix phone, video, and computer message systems, and help design and build the equipment.

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    Set up telephone, video, computer and voicemail systems.

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    Watch telecommunication systems to see that they work well.

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    Fix telecommunication systems when they break.

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Uganda licensing routes for regulated careers (councils, boards and their Acts)

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Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council, Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, Law Council and the other bodies named on each licence. Gathered by The Collar360.

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Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

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National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

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Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

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Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
technicien en télécommunications/technicienne en télécommunications
español
técnico en ingeniería de las telecomunicaciones/técnica en ingeniería de las telecomunicaciones
العربية
فني هندسة الاتصالات السلكية واللاسلكية
português
Técnico de engenharia de telecomunicações/Técnica de engenharia de telecomunicações
Deutsch
Maschinenbautechniker im Bereich Telekommunikation/Maschinenbautechnikerin im Bereich Telekommunikation
italiano
tecnico dell’ingegneria delle telecomunicazioni

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