TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN

Career Outlook

Your New Career
You’ll gain telecommunications knowledge and practice hands-on training with the tools of the trade throughout your program. By the time you earn your Career Diploma, you'll be confident you have the skills to do the job right! 

• Earn your Telecommunications Technician Career Diploma at home in as little as 16 months by studying just an hour a day for your new career.
• Then you’ll be well-prepared to begin an exciting new career as a Telecommunications Technician.

Your New Career Opportunities
Applicants with electronics training and computer skills should have the best opportunities for telecommunications jobs. The growing popularity of the Internet, expanded multimedia offerings such as video on demand, extending high-speed communications to customers, and other telecommunications services means telecommunications networks will need new technicians.

Your New Telecommunications Skills
You'll learn every important part of being a Telecommunications Technician. Your program covers topics such as:

• The Nature of Electricity
• Insulators, Conductors, and Batteries
• Alternating Current in Electronic Circuits
• Inductors and Capacitors in AC Circuits
• Transformers for Electronic and Other Applications
• Computer Applications in Telecommunications
• Troubleshooting with Meters
• Using Basic Oscilloscopes
• And much more!

Program Overview

Learn the skills you need to become a Telecommunications Technician - at home, at your own pace, with the Continuing Education Center.

Start a cutting-edge career as a Telecommunications Technician with the Continuing Education Center's distance
learning program. The Continuing Education Center Telecommunications Technician Program helps
you learn the skills you need quickly and conveniently.

You’ll learn about:

• Fiber Optics
• Amplitude and Frequency Modulation
• Digital Communications
• Computer Applications in Telecommunications
• And much more

And with our distance learning program, you’ll learn it all at home — no classroom needed!

Start a respected, moneymaking career as a Telecommunications Technician.
Why take a distance learning program to become a Telecommunications Technician? With the right credentials, you can:

• Earn, on average, $55,000 per year, or more.*
• Have an exciting career with plenty of room for advancement.
• Work for an established business or start one of your own!

New breakthroughs are happening all the time in the Telecommunications field. That means opportunity and job security for those with the right training.

Contact the Continuing Education Center Today.

Find out more about the Continuing Education center's complete Telecommunications Technician training program that includes:

• Electronics Workbench® software and professional-quality tools
• Unlimited instructional support
• Access to student services by website, phone, and mail

Get more information today and in as little as 16 months from enrollment, you can be on your way to a career as a Telecommunications Technician!

* All salary information is based on the "Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition," a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor. Individual student earnings vary based on experience.

Electronics Workbench is a trademark of Interactive Image Technology, Ltd. registered in the United States of America and/or other jurisdictions.

Program Outline

Instruction Sets
Your Telecommunications Technician Program consists of 13 Instruction Sets designed to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you'll use in your new career.

Here's how it works
Your first Instruction Set will be sent immediately after your enrollment has been accepted. Other Instruction Sets will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with. Here is an overview of what you'll learn and the order in which you'll receive your lessons:

Computer Specifications
You will need access to a Microsoft® Windows®-based computer to complete this program. The Continuing Education Center recommends the following computer specifications: IBM® compatible PC, with Pentium® IV or better processor, Microsoft® Windows® XP or later as the operating system with 512MB of Memory. You will also need access to the Internet and Microsoft® Office 2007 to complete portions of this program.

Online Library and Librarian
Students in the Continuing Education Center have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and to assist students in research activities during their studies with the Continuing Education Center.

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.

A High School Diploma or GED is required to enroll in this program.

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