Telecommunications Electronics Technician (TCM) — TCM

Telecommunications technicians are expected to obtain knowledge of wired and wireline communications basic concepts, which are then applicable to various types of voice, data and video communications systems. Telecommunications Electronics Technicians must be knowledgeable and have abilities in the following technical areas: cables and cabling, analog telephony, equipment, telecom safety and mathematics, transmission service providers and protocols, distribution methods, computer, digital telephony, interfacing, internet, network infrastructures and topologies, office wiring, wireless telephony, test equipment, optical wiring, and troubleshooting over the "last mile" of wired and wireline connections.