Switchboard Operators (Including Answering Service)

Top 3 switchboard operator Jobs

Maintenance/Electrician - Regal Beloit - United States
Plan and perform jobs of installing and maintaining a variety of electrical equipment such as control panels, switchboards, junction boxes, switches
Switchboard Operator (SCA) - CACI International - Washington, DC
Maintain appropriate records and prepare required reports. • Responds to general inquiries and requests for information and routes callers to
Switchboard Operator - Tetra Tech - Washington, DC
Accurately route operator calls by transferring callers to the appropriate destinations • Quickly provide accurate information to callers

What Switchboard operators Do

Operate telephone business systems equipment or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing, and interoffice calls. May supply information to callers and record messages.

Switchboard operator Salaries

2014 employment: 112,400
May 2015 median annual wage: $27,440

Job Outlook for Switchboard operators

Projected employment change, 2014–24:

Number of new jobs: -37,000
Growth rate: -33 percent (Decline)

How to Become a Switchboard operator

Education and training:

Typical entry-level education: High school diploma or equivalent
Work experience in a related occupation: None
Typical on-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

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*Some content used by permission of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.