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Radiocommunications Technician vs Telecommunications Field Engineer

Same points, same date — which occupation gives you the better odds?

Radiocommunications Technician

313211·189

★ Strong chance

85PTS

Chance of invitation

Strong chance of invitation

Est. wait189 effectively closed

Your spot in the pool

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

30 figures · each ≈ 1 EOIs · front invited first

← front (invited first)4 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE1

Youtop 25% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores3

This FY's est. 189 places✓ inside this FY's places

You · #2

★

front of queue438 est. places

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Telecommunications Field Engineer

313212·189

◐ Borderline

85PTS

Chance of invitation

Moderate chance of invitation

Est. wait~9 mo

Your spot in the pool

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

30 figures · each ≈ 5 EOIs · front invited first

← front (invited first)157 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE23

Youtop 15% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores134

This FY's est. 189 places✓ inside this FY's places

You · #24

★

front of queue438 est. places

≈ 12 roundsto clear the 23 ahead of you · FY26-27

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Together

Queue position Radiocommunications Technician has 23.0× fewer people ahead of you (1 vs 23).

Latest round Radiocommunications Technician's latest cutoff is lower: 65 vs 90 for Telecommunications Field Engineer.

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	Radiocommunications Technician313211	Telecommunications Field Engineer313212
Capacity	438 · FY2026-27	438 · FY2026-27
Standing	—	#— of 196
Queue position	1 ahead	23 ahead
Latest round	2022-08-22 · 65 pts	2025-11-13 · 90 pts
EOI data · pool & queue trend	4	154
EOI data · submission & invitation trend	—	—
Next round	—	70 pts
Open states	1 listed	1 listed
Invited profile	—	—
Assessing authority	TRA	Engineers Australia

Where they differ — subclass 189, 85 points

Capacity

Occupations in unit group 3132 share 438 places left.

189 places · 2026-27estimated

500est. ceiling

438est. 189 places · 438 left

Unit group 3132 · 2025-26 official: 500 ceiling · 438 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 1 data points

907560

65you 85

2022

189 places · 2026-27estimated

500est. ceiling

438est. 189 places · 438 left

Unit group 3132 · 2025-26 official: 500 ceiling · 438 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 6 data points

1058360

6565100958590you 85

20222024Nov 25

Standing

Only Telecommunications Field Engineer has standing data: 2.

Not ranked yet — no anchored invitations in the last two financial years.

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked

—· top 78%

▼ Falling −4 yoy

leader 6,052median 48you

Invited 3 of 5 rounds · Occasional
oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

6last FY

2this FY

▼ −67%

Round to round · last 2 FY

—

▼ Falling · invites per round

Queue position

Radiocommunications Technician has 23.0× fewer people ahead of you (1 vs 23).

Ahead of you · August 2026 poolmet the cut-off of last 1

75POINTS

1/1 met

80POINTS

1/1 met

85POINTS

1/1 met

90POINTS

1/1 met

95POINTS

1/1 met

Ahead of you · August 2026 poolmet the cut-off of last 6

75POINTS

2/6 met

80POINTS

2/6 met

85POINTS

3/6 met

90POINTS

4/6 met

95POINTS

5/6 met

Latest round

Radiocommunications Technician's latest cutoff is lower: 65 vs 90 for Telecommunications Field Engineer.

189 · last round 22 Aug 2022

Min points65

Invited0

Rounds FY1

Other subclasses491 · 65 pts · 8 Dec 2022

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189 · last round 13 Nov 2025↑ Rising

Min points90

Invited0

Rounds FY1

Up from 85 vs previous round

65–100 pts over last 6 rounds

Other subclasses491 · 65 pts · 8 Dec 2022

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EOI data · pool & queue trend

Radiocommunications Technician has a smaller EOI pool: 4 (0 vs last month) vs 154 (-8) for Telecommunications Field Engineer.

EOI pool by points · 08/20264 in the pool

211you

7080808585

Queue at your points · 6 months

1 at 85+ pts

▬ 0 vs last month

EOI pool by points · 08/2026154 in the pool

18132933291710you13

5060708090

Queue at your points · 6 months

23 at 85+ pts

▼ 1 vs last month

EOI data · submission & invitation trend

Only Telecommunications Field Engineer has invitation data: 4 invited last month.

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

May 24Jul 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest4

MoM change0(0.0%)

Peak monthJul 257

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest154

MoM change-8(-4.9%)

Peak monthApr 26171

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Mar 24Jun 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest4

MoM change0(0.0%)

Peak monthMar 267

Next round

Only Telecommunications Field Engineer has a next-round estimate: 70 points.

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invitedqueue cleared

If 50 invitedqueue cleared

If 100 invitedqueue cleared

If 200 invitedqueue cleared

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invited90DOE ≤ Apr 26

If 50 invited75DOE ≤ Dec 25

If 100 invited70DOE ≤ Aug 26

If 200 invitedqueue cleared

Open states

Both are open in the same number of states.

Subclass 189 is the federal, points-tested stream — states do not nominate for it. Switch to 190 or 491 to compare open states.

Invited profile

At least one occupation has no state-nomination community data, so this row isn't compared.

Subclass 189 has no state-nomination community data. Compare on 190 or 491 to see an invited profile.

Assessing authority

Radiocommunications Technician is assessed by TRA; Telecommunications Field Engineer is assessed by Engineers Australia.

TRA

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Engineers Australia

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