How to become an information and communications technology installer or servicer
Official title: Information and communications technology installers and servicers
Also called: Communications technology servicer, Computer equipment fitter, Computer hardware installer, Data and telecommunications cabler, Telecommunications equipment repairer, Telecommunications line worker, Telephone installer
Information and communications technology (ICT) installers and servicers install, repair and maintain telecommunications equipment, data transmission equipment, cables, antennae and conduits, and repair, fit and maintain computers.
Main tasks
- Maintaining, troubleshooting, testing and repairing computers, data transmission equipment and computer peripherals
- Fitting and adjusting computer hardware
- Installing, maintaining, repairing and diagnosing malfunctions of microwave, telemetry, multiplexing, satellite and other radio and electromagnetic wave communications systems
- Providing technical advice and information, and monitoring the performance of complex telecommunications networks and equipment
- Installing and repairing cabling for computer, radio, telephone and television transmission
- Joining telecommunications and data cables, and sealing sheathes
- Installing, maintaining and repairing antennae used in communications
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$21,000 a month
- About 387,500 people in 2025, and about 403,200 projected by 2028. (+4.1%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
Do you need a degree to become an information and communications technology installer or servicer?
Usually not. Only 5% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of an information and communications technology installer or servicer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026