Installs and repairs the phone, cable, and fiber lines on poles and underground.
You string new fiber cable between poles from a bucket truck and fix lines a car knocked down overnight.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. On-the-job training or a short line school.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification, Trade school. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Telecommunications Technology.
Growing slowly (about 0% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Broadband buildout keeps demand up; climbing poles and laying cable stays hands-on, though some work shifts to boring machines.
Classes: Electronics CTE, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9052.
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