Telecommunications Technology

Eastfield College

  • A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to help design and implement telecommunications systems. Includes instruction in communications protocol, data networking, digital compression algorithms, digital signal processing, Internet access, object-oriented and relational databases, and programming languages. Find Colleges Offering Telecommunications Technology Degree.
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    • Job Description
      Lay out, build, test, troubleshoot, repair, and modify developmental and production electronic components, parts, equipment, and systems, such as computer equipment, missile control instrumentation, electron tubes, test equipment, and machine tool numerical controls, applying principles and theories of electronics, electrical circuitry, engineering mathematics, electronic and electrical testing, and physics. Usually work under direction of engineering staff.
      Salary and Wages

      Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 4,610
      • Average Annual Salary: $57,870
      • Average Hourly Rate: $27.82

      Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 2,050
      • Average Annual Salary: $60,010
      • Average Hourly Rate: $28.85
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 170,433
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 176,530
      • Percent Job Growth: 3.58%
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Written Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Problem Sensitivity
    • Job Description
      Apply electrical theory and related knowledge to test and modify developmental or operational electrical machinery and electrical control equipment and circuitry in industrial or commercial plants and laboratories. Usually work under direction of engineering staff.
      Salary and Wages

      Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 4,610
      • Average Annual Salary: $57,870
      • Average Hourly Rate: $27.82

      Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 2,050
      • Average Annual Salary: $60,010
      • Average Hourly Rate: $28.85
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 170,433
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 176,530
      • Percent Job Growth: 3.58%
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Problem Sensitivity
      • Deductive Reasoning
      • Near Vision
    Awarded Degrees and Program Completion Details
    Telecommunications Technology
     TotalCertificateAssociate
    Overall
    All Students8-8
     
    By Gender
    Male7-7
    Female1-1
     
    By Race
    Non-Resident Alien---
    American Indian---
    Black---
    Asian---
    Hispanic1-1
    White7-7
    Unknown---
     
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    Source: IPEDS Survey 2007-2008