Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology

This course is designed for persons who want to work as telecommunications technology operators. The course will cover various aspects of telecommunications technology such as:

• assess installation requirements,
• plan and perform installations,
• test installed equipment, and
• fault-find when issues arise with installed equipment.

The course participants will learn to work on some of the following areas:

• customer cabling networks
• optical fibre networks
• premises cabling
• radio communications
• telecommunications networking
• wireless networks

Job roles and titles vary across different industry sectors. Possible job titles relevant to this qualification include:

• Telecommunications Lines Worker
• Cabler (Data and Telecommunications)
• Telecommunications Cable Jointer
• Telecommunications Technician

The demand for Telecommunications Engineering Professionals grew very strongly over the past 5 years and is expected to grow very strongly over the next five years. The number of Telecommunications Engineering Professionals is likely to increase from 13,100 in 2020 to 15,200 by 2025*.

* www.joboutlook.gov.au. Job Outlook is an initiative of the Australian Government National Skills Commission. Job Outlook provides information about Australian careers, labour market trends and employment projections. Accessed on 28 Oct 2021.

• Course Structure

To complete ICT30519 - Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology, 16 units must be satisfactorily completed.

Many units in this course are delivered and assessed in a cluster. A cluster is a group of two or more units of competency that are delivered and assessed together. Clustering-related units in this course help you learn and perform assessment tasks as expected in an actual workplace.

Core Units of Competency

• ICTTEN202 Use hand and power tools
• ICTTEN208 Use electrical skills when working with telecommunications networks
• ICTTEN315 Determine and apply technologies within a telecommunications system
• ICTTEN317 Locate, identify and rectify telecommunications network faults
• ICTWHS204 Follow work health and safety and environmental policy and procedures
• ICTWOR308 Provide customer service to telecommunications customers

• ICTTEN318 Inspect, clean and handle optical fibre cable and connectors
• ICTCBL330 Splice and terminate optical fibre cable for telecommunications projects
• ICTBWN307 Use optical measuring instruments

Participants may choose to complete the following units to achieve Lines worker pathway.*

• RIIWHS204E - Work safely at heights
• ICTTCR203 Use safe rigging practices to climb and perform rescues on telecommunications network structures
• CPCCLDG3001 - Licence to perform dogging
• CPCCLRG3001 - Licence to perform rigging basic level

Note: Course structure, units and content are subject to change during the delivery period due to a change in legislative requirements or NIT's course review process.

Training delivery and assessments will follow a holistic approach for units delivered as part of a cluster. You will be required to complete all the assessment requirements of a cluster to advance in the course. Failing to complete the clustered assessments will require re-enrolment in an entire cluster (all units that form part of the cluster) with applicable fees.

* These units are delivered and assessed by an external provider and NIT will provide credit for these units towards completing ICT30519 - Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology qualification.