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Communications technician resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a communications technician resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.

Step 2: Detail your years of experience in communications technician-related roles and your industry experience.

Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.

Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.

These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the communications technician position.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
  2. Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
  3. Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some communications technician interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a communications technician resume:

  • Customer Service
  • Rehabilitation
  • Hand Tools
  • Fiber Optic
  • Patch Panels
  • Telephone Systems
  • Communications Equipment
  • Test Equipment
  • Emergency Calls
  • RF
  • Communications Systems
  • Structured Cabling
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Windows
  • VoIP
  • IP
  • FCC
  • Computer System
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • PC
  • Crisis Intervention
  • CAT6
  • LAN
  • PBX
  • Radio Systems
  • Transmitters
  • GPS
  • Security Systems
  • Trouble Calls
  • VHF

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write communications technician experience bullet points

Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.

Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.

Here are great bullet points from communications technician resumes:

Work history example #1

Installation & Maintenance Technician

Charles River Laboratories

  • Followed US FDA Points to Consider, EU and Japanese Pharmacopoeia guidelines in 28-day assays and DNA staining.
  • Experienced in PLC programming (Allen Bradley, Modicon, GE, Siemens), troubleshooting, and installation.
  • Pulled coax cable/CAT5e/CAT6e/FIBER throughout existing buildings.
  • Trained in Allen Bradley SI [ ] Siemens PLC programming, electrical semantics, and blue prints.
  • Used computer to match and QC ink in a lab environment and computers for inventory control.

Work history example #2

Communications Technician

Teleperformance

  • Worked on Verizon Fios project providing tech support to inbound callers.
  • Certified in installation of telecommunication systems via installments, operated and maintained voice and data telecommunication network circuit and equipment.
  • Designed and installed ring-down matrixes, PBX systems, KSU systems and central office systems.
  • Updated existing network diagrams utilizing Microsoft Visio software to maintain enterprise network topology diagrams remained current.
  • Installed and/or repaired and replaced PCs and LCD/LED monitors in offices and waiting rooms.

Work history example #3

Communications Technician

MCI

  • Tested DS-0 and DS-1 circuits using DACs and Centest 650 Telnet software.
  • Verified translations tables to ensure customers order was processed into the switch correctly.
  • Served as the lead technical analyst Nortel SL100 ACD.
  • Coordinated with contractors for the purposes of outside plant protection, maintenance, and relocation.
  • Conducted tests and repairs requiring selection or modification of a variety of procedures on switching equipment and facilities.

Work history example #4

Telephone Technician

MCI

  • Installed BRI/ISDN lines for VTC(video teleconferencing).
  • Conducted tests and repairs requiring selection or modification of a variety of procedures on switching equipment and facilities.
  • Configured Lucent STDX-9000 and CBX500 Frame-Relay/ATM switches for use with customers Frame-Relay network.
  • Trained team members on rollout of new DSL product.
  • Tracked national circuit installations and performed test and turn-up, and fault-isolation of nation-wide unclassified digital circuits.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

Associate's Degree in electrical engineering

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

2009 - 2011

Highlight your communications technician certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.

Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your communications technician resume:

  1. Master Certified Electronics Technician (CETma)
  2. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  3. Mobile Communications and Electronics Installer
  4. Industrial Electronics (IND)
  5. CompTIA Radio Frequency Identification (RFID+) Certification (CompTIA)
  6. Network 5 Certification
  7. BICSI Technician
  8. Certified Electronic Systems Technician (EST)
  9. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  10. Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)

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