Skilled Trades
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
Repair, install, or maintain mobile or stationary radio transmitting, broadcasting, and receiving equipment, and two-way radio communications systems used in cellular telecommunications, mobile broadband, ship-to-shore, aircraft-to-ground communications, and radio equipment in service and emergency vehicles. May test and analyze network coverage.
Median salary
$64,190
Typical range
$42k – $103k
Job outlook
+9% (faster than average)
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Education
Typical entry: No degree (trade/license)
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Junior Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
Entry / Junior
$42,360
~2 yrs to advance
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
Established
$64,190
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
Senior
$83,370
Key skills
A typical day
- •Inspect completed work to ensure all hardware is tight, antennas are level, hangers are properly fastened, proper support is in place, or adequate weather proofing has been installed.
- •Run appropriate power, ground, or coaxial cables.
- •Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.
- •Install all necessary transmission equipment components, including antennas or antenna mounts, surge arrestors, transmission lines, connectors, or tower-mounted amplifiers (TMAs).
- •Read work orders, blueprints, plans, datasheets or site drawings to determine work to be done.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
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- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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