Employment Percentage: 
31.018518518519
SOC ID: 
43-2099
SOC Title: 
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other
ONET ID: 
27-4013.00
ONET Concat ID: 
27401300
Median Salary: 
55568.19
Ed Level High School: 
52.220001
Ed Level Certificate: 
26.540001
Ed Level Some College: 
11.49
Ed Level Associates: 
5.45
Ed Level Bachelors: 
4.3
Ed Level Masters: 
0
Ed Level Doctor: 
0
Typical Ed Level: 
a high school diploma or less
Description: 

Receive and transmit communications using radiotelephone equipment in accordance with government regulations. May repair equipment.

Core Tasks: 

<ul><li>Monitor emergency frequencies to detect distress calls and respond by dispatching emergency equipment.</li><li>Communicate with receiving operators to exchange transmission instructions.</li><li>Operate radio equipment to communicate with ships, aircraft, mining crews, offshore oil rigs, logging camps and other remote operations.</li><li>Broadcast weather reports and warnings.</li><li>Maintain station logs of messages transmitted and received for activities such as flight testing and fire locations.</li><li>Conduct periodic equipment inspections and routine tests to ensure that operations standards are met.</li><li>Turn controls or throw switches to activate power, adjust voice volume and modulation, and set transmitters on specified frequencies.</li></ul>

Start Annual Earnings: 
30958.53
Top Annual Earnings: 
99582.26
Title Slug: 
radio-operator