I am Telecommunication Engineer
Looking back at the day when I was choosing my future major as Telecommunication Engineering, I felt very unlucky, and I think “Oh, what did I choose!” But, I knew it was wrong. I had no idea about what telecommunication engineering really is. I understand the importance of this occupation when I was sophomore student. Teachers explained us how important is TC Engineering and how can we develop our country by using these knowledge and experience that we gaining. Communication has been one of the most important aspects of the growth of human society and culture. The world is an ever growing one, and would not be possible without telecommunications. Telecommunication has many branches such as wireless communication, optical communication and mobile communication etc. As people moved and countries grew, more and more cities developed across the world. With telecommunications, it made it a lot quicker to relay messages from one place to another. This engineering degree gives me diversity of opportunities and career in science and technology.
We are in the fast paced world. Our country has changed a lot in recent years. So many big buildings were built and there are plenty of cellular telecommunication operators (i.e. Mobicom, Skytel, G-Mobile and Unitel) and Internet Service providers in Mongolia. Do not get it so offensive. But some kind of jobs like lawyer and jurist are not that useful in Mongolia’s community and outbalanced profession. There are massive numbers of lawyers, but they cannot work on the field that they want. They were supposed to be lawyer, but many of them were become non-professional jobs such as salesman etc. Engineering is most wanted major in our country. So we have the big opportunity and most chance to get a successful well-paid job. This is the main advantage of being engineer of telecommunication. I heard that 70% of students from our university gets job in their field. Therefore, It is obvious that I am going to get a job in Mongolian leading telecommunication and cellular communication companies.
Of course, It requires us plenty of knowledge and skills. We are learning fundamental knowledge of our major. And we’re gaining some experiences in laboratory and practice in service providers.
Among those skills are math, computer, learning, reading and language. On the job, technicians use basic math for such purposes as ordering materials. Algebraic concepts will be useful primarily as background our job, and it will help us to understand the equipment that we work on. Computer skills need to be learnt. In the work place, it is obvious that we will use computerized equipment accessed by keyboard. On the job, computer will be essentially needed to troubleshooting and recordkeeping. Telecommunication engineers’ logical thinking skills must be good. We must be able to distinguish color-coded wires, cable and circuit packs. Learning skills are also include observational skills. These skills are used to recognize damaged components and problem-solving skills are at the core of the troubleshooting processes such as identifying the problem, determining possible causes, and making necessary repairs. Reading skills are used to read trade journals and technical manuals for installing, programming, and maintaining telecommunications equipment. Our major field is rapidly changing day to day. To keep current in this rapidly changing field after graduation, we can expect to read technical updates in journals and manuals. Of course, the most important skill that we need to gain is language (especially English ). In the work place, technicians will interact with coworkers and may also have customer contract.
I am working hard to develop these skills mentioned above. Because, I want to be skilled telecommunication engineer who provides my country’s network by latest technologies that used by biggest countries in the world like U.S.A, Japan etc. I am going to graduate my university and I can guarantee you that I can be professional engineer. Because I am studying at School of Information and Communication Technology of MUST.
