How to become a telecommunications service supervisor

Official title: Telecommunications service supervisor

Telecommunications service supervisor controls and supervises telecommunications operational services, such as radio, telephone and telegraph. He/she conducts investigations of users’ requirements and prepares reports for management on operating efficiency and makes proposals for future development.

Main tasks

• Controlling radio communications systems, satellite services, and multiplex systems on land, sea or in aircraft
• Applying knowledge of principles and practices of broadcasting, telecommunications terminals and transmissions systems, in order to identify and solve problems
• Making emergency repairs to equipment

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a telecommunications service supervisor?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• 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