Femur

The trouble is that a technician does the install and cabling work which I have very little experience of. My job is exactly the same as a telecom network engineer in that I monitor the optical network and arrange fixes and problem solve. I don't think any of my colleagues have a degree (apart from a few Indian staff). Thanks for the help, but I think I might as well give up or become a bad soap actor!

Optical network engineer (deal with fibre faults ). I've read up and it comes under Telecom Officer or Telecom Network Engineer. Thanks for the replies but unfortunately it seems I need a degree. I think think the trouble is that I am in a very specialist job so cannot change the job description to something less demanding. Quite frustrating to be honest, especially when I know more on the subject than those teaching telecommunications at university :biglaugh:

Hi all, I've worked in Telecoms for 14 years (entered the dispatch department after A-levels at 18) and as a Telecom network engineer for 8years. My job (Telecommunications Network Engineer) is on the skills list however Engineers Australia demand a degree :arghh: Is is there any way to bypass this as surely 14 years with the same employer, actually doing the job has more value and demonstrates more knowledge than three years in a university with little real world experience? I'd like to emigrate to Oz to be closer to my sister who relocated there with her Aussie husband four years ago. However if a degree is a requirement I'll probably shelve the idea as it's an expensive three years for little career value at the end! Thanks in advance for any help.