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British Army
Junior Ranks
Code: R-SIGS-INST

Royal Signals Installation Technician

Installs and maintains fixed and deployable telecommunications infrastructure including telephone exchanges, cable networks and antenna systems.

Role Details

Core Skills

  • • structured cabling
  • • telephone exchange operation
  • • antenna installation
  • • fibre optic splicing
  • • fault diagnosis

Responsibilities

  • • install and test structured cabling and telecommunications infrastructure
  • • operate and maintain field telephone exchanges
  • • erect and align antenna systems and microwave links
  • • splice and terminate fibre optic cables
  • • maintain documentation and service records

Equipment

  • • cabling tools
  • • fibre optic splicing equipment
  • • test sets
  • • antenna systems

Typical Clearance

SC

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Civilian Translations

Telecoms Engineer

Communications & Networking

88% Match

Installing structured cabling, fibre optic systems, telephone exchanges and antenna systems maps directly onto civilian telecoms engineering roles.

Core Transferable Skills

structured cabling
fibre optic splicing
fault diagnosis
infrastructure installation
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