How to become an Information and Communications Technology Installer or Servicer
Official title: Information and Communications Technology Installers and Servicers
Information and communications technology installers and servicers install and repair telecommunications equipment, data transmission equipment, cables, antennas and conduits, and repair computers.
Main tasks
- Troubleshoot, test and repair computers, data transmission equipment and peripherals
- Adjust computer hardware
- Install and repair telemetry devices, multiplexing, satellite and other radio and microwave communication systems
- Install and repair cables and antennas for computer, radio, telephone and television transmission
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: electrical and electronic engineering (0714); database and network design and administration (0612). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 88, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 19, five-year junior college (五專) 16, two-year junior college (二專) 9. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.; Technician certificate: Computer hardware repair. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 120 電腦硬體裝修. Tested at grade B (乙級), grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.; Technician certificate: Telecommunications line work. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 156 通信技術(電信線路). Tested at grade A (甲級), grade B (乙級), grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$652,000 a year
- Demand for Craft and related trades jobs is projected at about 1,519,000 in 2024 and about 1,515,000 in 2030. (-0.3%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Information and Communications Technology Installer or Servicer?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme; Technician certificate: Computer hardware repair.
How much does an Information and Communications Technology Installer or Servicer earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$652,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is an Information and Communications Technology Installer or Servicer a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change -0.3% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
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
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, 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