Communication Operators
Wages
New workers start around £10,572. Normal pay is £27,489 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £44,281.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 31,604 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Receives and handles incoming calls for emergency services, transmitting to the appropriate services.
Performs routine tests and maintenance on equipment and reports faults.
Keeps record of messages sent and received.
Uses a teleprinter or telex keyboard to transmit messages to other teleprinters or telexes.
Tunes transmitter to required channel or wavelength and relays or receives message to/ from person or vehicle.
Receives messages, weather reports and other material to transmit.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.