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Certificate III in Telecom-
munications Technology

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Funded under the Priority Industry Training Fund

The ICT30524 Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology is a complete qualification that includes the key training to support a technician entering the industry. During the course you will cover topics such as hand and power tools, electrical skills, cabling, fault finding, installation and configuration of network equipment and working effectively in the industry. You will also complete the training requirements to enable you to apply for a cablers license with endorsements and a class 2 (Alarms and CCTV) security license in Western Australia.

Cabling registration Structured cabling Coaxial Optical fibre Cable testing Fault finding Network equipment IP and convergence Electronics Customer service
ICT30524 · Release 1
Traineeship or existing worker

Paid work with a host employer, with the structured training and assessment delivered by us at Myaree.

2 to 12 months
120 hours in the classroom, about 15 days
Assessed on the job as well as in class
16 units, 700 nominal hours
Training at 1A / 5 Hayden Crt, Myaree WA
How it is broken up

6 modules

Each module runs the same way: a block of face-to-face training and practical work at Myaree, then self-paced online theory to consolidate it, then assessment of the same skills on a real job — at the end of that module, not all at the end of the course. The unit codes under each block are what gets signed off.

MODULE 1 1 unit

Hand and Power Tool Fundamentals

2 days face to face

ICTTEN202Use hand and power tools
MODULE 2 3 units

Cabling Registration

3 days face to face

ICTTEN208Use electrical skills when working with telecommunications networks
ICTWHS204Follow work health and safety and environmental policy and procedures
ICTCBL247Install, maintain and modify customer premises communications cabling: ACMA Open Rule
MODULE 3 4 units

Cabling Endorsements

2 days face to face

ICTCBL301Install, terminate and certify structured cabling installation
ICTCBL303Install and terminate coaxial cable
ICTCBL322Install, test and terminate optical fibre cable on customer premises
ICTCBL323Test cables and systems on customer premises
MODULE 4 3 units

Fault Finding and Delivering Services

2 days face to face

ICTTEN317Locate, identify and rectify telecommunications network faults
ICTCBL306Locate and identify cable system faults
ICTWOR308Provide customer service to telecommunications customers
MODULE 5 3 units

Telecommunications Network Equipment

3 days face to face

ICTTEN315Determine and apply technologies within a telecommunications system
ICTTEN207Install and test internet protocol devices in convergence networks
ICTTEN312Install telecommunications network equipment
MODULE 6 2 units

Electronics Installation and Maintenance

3 days face to face

ICTTEN320Commission an electronic unit
ICTTEN321Maintain an electronic system
Not just the certificate at the end

What they can apply for along the way

Licensing and registration do not wait until the apprenticeship finishes. These come through as the relevant units are completed.

ACMA Open Cabler Registration

ICTCBL247 is the ACMA Open Rule unit. It sits in the second module, so the registration comes through early rather than at the end.

Structured, Coaxial and Optical Fibre endorsements

ICTCBL301, ICTCBL303 and ICTCBL322, with ICTCBL323 for the testing. All three endorsements are inside the qualification — the same ones we sell as short courses.

Cabler Registry Skill Level 2

On finishing, someone already registered with the Australian Cabler Registry Service is eligible to apply for a Skill Level 2.

Who it suits

Employers

Someone stays productive on your jobs while they qualify, and you keep a tradesperson who already knows how you work. The face-to-face training comes in short blocks rather than one long absence, and we usually talk to the employer before we meet the candidate — we help with applications and selection too.

It also works for someone already on the books. An existing-worker arrangement formalises what they are doing, and Recognition of Prior Learning cuts down what they have to sit.

Apprentices and trainees

You earn while you learn, and you finish with a nationally recognised qualification and years of real jobs behind you rather than a certificate on its own.

Where the work is: An installer’s day varies a lot with the client and the job order. You talk customers through the products that suit them — cabling options, access control, IP connectivity, telecommunications integrations — then install, configure, test, maintain and repair them.

It leads to: Telecommunications technician, cabling installer, network installer, field technician. Also on our funded training page, alongside the Basic and Advanced Cabler skill sets.

Nationally recognised

Units of competency

16 units — 6 core and 10 elective, 700 nominal hours in total. 16 units — 6 core and 10 elective, with at least one from Group A Workplace Technical Practice. Elective offerings can be customised for corporate clients where it is viable.

ICTTEN202
Use hand and power tools
Core
40 hrs
ICTTEN208
Use electrical skills when working with telecommunications networks
Core
35 hrs
ICTTEN315
Determine and apply technologies within a telecommunications system
Core
35 hrs
ICTTEN317
Locate, identify and rectify telecommunications network faults
Core
35 hrs
ICTWHS204
Follow work health and safety and environmental policy and procedures
Core
35 hrs
ICTWOR308
Provide customer service to telecommunications customers
Core
35 hrs
ICTCBL247
Install, maintain and modify customer premises communications cabling: ACMA Open Rule
Elective
60 hrs
ICTCBL301
Install, terminate and certify structured cabling installation
Elective
30 hrs
ICTCBL303
Install and terminate coaxial cable
Elective
20 hrs
ICTCBL306
Locate and identify cable system faults
Elective
60 hrs
ICTCBL322
Install, test and terminate optical fibre cable on customer premises
Elective
35 hrs
ICTCBL323
Test cables and systems on customer premises
Elective
35 hrs
ICTTEN207
Install and test internet protocol devices in convergence networks
Elective
45 hrs
ICTTEN312
Install telecommunications network equipment
Elective
80 hrs
ICTTEN320
Commission an electronic unit
Elective
60 hrs
ICTTEN321
Maintain an electronic system
Elective
60 hrs

This one is funded

ICT30524 is funded under the Department of Training and Workforce Development’s Priority Industry Training Fund. Eligibility is worked out per student and takes about five minutes on the phone.

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Subsidised training

Fees, funding and eligibility

This program reduces the training fees in eligible courses, such as the ICT30524 Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology, by 50% or more. Fees are capped at $400 for concession students and $1,200 for non-concession students per year.

Please be aware, the student tuition fees are indicative only and are subject to change given individual circumstances at enrolment. Additional fees may apply, such as student service and resource fees. For more detailed information regarding VET fees and charges, please use the link below.

Funding is subject to Department of Training and Workforce Development eligibility criteria and available places. Aspire Education and Training, RTO 52820.

The detail

Two ways to do this one
ICT30524 runs as a traineeship, and as an existing-worker program funded under Priority Industry Training. The existing-worker route is the one most people take: about 2 to 12 months depending on what you already have, made up of 120 hours of supervised face-to-face instruction and assessment (15 days in six blocks), roughly 160 hours of self-paced online and workbook study, and a minimum of 80 hours of cabling experience on the job. You need to be working in a related role, or we will arrange work experience. As a traineeship it runs over a year, with 14 days in class across that year.]
Funding
ICT30524 is funded through the Department of Training and Workforce Development’s Priority Industry Training Fund, and this strategy was written for that pathway. Where you are eligible it changes the cost considerably. Funding is subject to eligibility and available places.
Entry requirements
No prerequisites. Worth knowing before you start: someone who is colour blind may have difficulty identifying individual wires and may not pass the assessment. Because this runs under Priority Industry Training, a student also has to show they are eligible for the funding — an Australian permanent resident, currently employed, and not currently on a training contract. For the traineeship route the training contract is the requirement instead.
Recognition of prior learning
This qualification is built expecting it. Students arrive anywhere from beginner to experienced technician, and prior knowledge and experience is credited where it applies — which is what lets the course run in two months for some people and twelve for others. Credit transfer and RPL eligibility are assessed at the first conversation, before you enrol.
Language, literacy and numeracy support
Every candidate completes a language, literacy and numeracy assessment before enrolment. It is built against the Australian Core Skills Framework and is used to build a profile, not to screen people out — where it flags a gap we can put structured pre-learning, extra tutorials or extra time for practicals in place. Reasonable adjustments are documented by the assessor and never compromise the validity of the assessment.
Delivery and assessment
Each module is a block of face-to-face practical training and assessment at Myaree, wrapped around self-paced online learning and work on the job. Assessment happens at the end of each module, and then again in the workplace to confirm the skills transferred. Training and assessment run across a simulated work environment, the workplace itself, online and the classroom.
The simulated environment
Fitted with industry-current equipment and tools reflecting current practice, and set up so each student works individually with the kind of distractions and interruptions a real job has. At handover the instructor plays the customer.
Licensing and high risk work
Cabling at customer premises must be carried out to the requirements of the registration bodies and the access network owner. Separately, high risk work licences are required for dogging and rigging under the model WHS Regulations, which also require anyone doing high risk work to be over 18.
Fees
Fees are set by the Department of Training and Workforce Development, not by us. This qualification is 700 nominal hours at the Lower fees, local skills rate — $1.62 per nominal hour — so the full course fee is $1,134, or $336 if you hold a concession. You are charged for each unit as you start it, so the fee arrives in instalments across the qualification rather than up front. Employers often pay it for an apprentice, but that is between you and them — we invoice whoever is named on the enrolment.

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