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OSCA 272331Updated 2026-01-29
Telecommunications Engineer
National shortage level: Low
ANZSCO 263311OSCA 272331
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 115k
Weekly earnings: AUD 2220
Salary range: AUD 104k-AUD 127k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
38.4%
NSW
27.7%
VIC
13.5%
QLD
Education mix
44.6%
bachelor degree
27.2%
Post graduate
10.8%
advanced diploma/ diploma
Role overview
Telecommunication Engineers design and develop telecommunications systems, devices and products.
What you do
- • Designs, builds, configures and commissions devices, networks and systems and ensures systems interconnect with equipment from different manufacturers, service providers and users.
- • Compiles proposals to define goals, identifies scope, background and need, and ascertains cost of the proposal.
- • Evaluates and procures new products and services.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (44.6%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Assesses performance levels of system hardware and software to project future needs, and develops short and long-terms plans for updating equipment, adding capabilities, enhancing existing systems and providing improved telecommunications.
- • Compiles proposals to define goals, identifies scope, background and need, and ascertains cost of the proposal.
- • Designs, builds, configures and commissions devices, networks and systems and ensures systems interconnect with equipment from different manufacturers, service providers and users.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 2220
Annual median: AUD 115k
Range: AUD 104k-AUD 127k