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Communication Operators

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About this career

£26,690

Median salary

New workers start around £10,327.24. Normal pay is £26,690 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £42,933.26.
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Jobs

Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.

Daily Tasks

  • 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.

Skills

Job postings

Active Listening
76
Monitoring
76
Critical Thinking
74
Speaking
71
Active Learning
69
Reading Comprehension
66
Learning Strategies
65
Writing
62
Mathematics
54
Science
37