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Radiocommunications Technician vs Telecommunications Network Planner

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

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A
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 13 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
270180185YOU
EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27
1Jul1Aug
View occupation page →
B
Telecommunications Network Planner
313213·189
★ Strong chance
85PTS
Chance of invitation
Strong chance of invitation
Est. wait~9 mo
Your spot in the pool
EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27
30 figures · each ≈ 16 EOIs · front invited first
← front (invited first)476 total EOIs
Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE34
Youtop 7% · DOE 13 Sep 2026★
At your score, behind you0
Below youlower scores442
This FY's est. 189 places✓ inside this FY's places
You · #35
★
front of queue438 est. placesrest of pool · 38
≈ 5 roundsto clear the 34 ahead of you · FY26-27
Pool by points · submitted EOIs
13584537551056565752285YOU
EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27
34Jul33Aug
View occupation page →
Together

Queue position Radiocommunications Technician has 34.0× fewer people ahead of you (1 vs 34).

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

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Radiocommunications Technician313211Telecommunications Network Planner313213
Capacity438 · FY2026-27438 · FY2026-27
Standing—#— of 196
Queue position1 ahead34 ahead
Latest round2022-08-22 · 65 pts2025-11-13 · 90 pts
EOI data · pool & queue trend4477
EOI data · submission & invitation trend——
Next round—75 pts
Open states1 listed1 listed
Invited profile——
Assessing authorityTRAEngineers Australia
Where they differ — subclass 189, 85 points

Capacity

Occupations in unit group 3132 share 438 places left.

A · Radiocommunications Technician

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

B · Telecommunications Network Planner

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 · 5 data points
957860
6565909090you 85
20222024Nov 25

Standing

Only Telecommunications Network Planner has standing data: 7.

A · Radiocommunications Technician

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

B · Telecommunications Network Planner

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked
—· top 73%
▲ Rising +2 yoy
leader 6,052median 48you
Invited 2 of 5 rounds · Occasional
oldest → newest · filled = invited
Year over year
5last FY
7this FY
▲ +40%
Round to round · last 2 FY
—
5
—
7
—
▲ Rising · invites per round

Queue position

Radiocommunications Technician has 34.0× fewer people ahead of you (1 vs 34).

A · Radiocommunications Technician

Ahead of you · August 2026 poolmet the cut-off of last 1
75POINTS
2
1/1 met
80POINTS
2
1/1 met
85POINTS
1
1/1 met
90POINTS
0
1/1 met
95POINTS
0
1/1 met

B · Telecommunications Network Planner

Ahead of you · August 2026 poolmet the cut-off of last 5
75POINTS
141
2/5 met
80POINTS
76
2/5 met
85POINTS
33
2/5 met
90POINTS
11
5/5 met
95POINTS
0
5/5 met

Latest round

Radiocommunications Technician's latest cutoff is lower: 65 vs 90 for Telecommunications Network Planner.

A · Radiocommunications Technician

189 · last round 22 Aug 2022
Min points65
Invited0
Rounds FY1

Other subclasses491 · 65 pts · 8 Dec 2022

See full round history →

B · Telecommunications Network Planner

189 · last round 13 Nov 2025↑ Rising
Min points90
Invited0
Rounds FY1

Unchanged vs previous round

65–90 pts over last 5 rounds

Other subclasses491 · 90 pts · 18 Nov 2025

See full round history →

EOI data · pool & queue trend

Radiocommunications Technician has a smaller EOI pool: 4 (0 vs last month) vs 477 (-19) for Telecommunications Network Planner.

A · Radiocommunications Technician

EOI pool by points · 08/20264 in the pool
211you
7080808585

Queue at your points · 6 months

03/2026 · 104/2026 · 105/2026 · 106/2026 · 107/2026 · 108/2026 · 1

1 at 85+ pts

▬ 0 vs last month

B · Telecommunications Network Planner

EOI pool by points · 08/2026477 in the pool
823376410595654322you11
4555708090

Queue at your points · 6 months

03/2026 · 3304/2026 · 3305/2026 · 3606/2026 · 3607/2026 · 3408/2026 · 33

33 at 85+ pts

▼ 1 vs last month

EOI data · submission & invitation trend

Only Telecommunications Network Planner has invitation data: 4 invited last month.

A · Radiocommunications Technician

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month
peak Jul 25 · 74
May 24Jul 25Aug 26
Subclass 189all points
Latest4
MoM change0(0.0%)
Peak monthJul 257

B · Telecommunications Network Planner

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month
peak Apr 26 · 499477
Feb 24May 25Aug 26
Subclass 189all points
Latest477
MoM change-19(-3.8%)
Peak monthApr 26499
Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month
peak Nov 25 · 64
Feb 24May 25Aug 26
Subclass 189all points
Latest4
MoM change0(0.0%)
Peak monthNov 256

Next round

Only Telecommunications Network Planner has a next-round estimate: 75 points.

A · Radiocommunications Technician

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤
If 10 invitedqueue cleared
If 50 invitedqueue cleared
If 100 invitedqueue cleared
If 200 invitedqueue cleared

B · Telecommunications Network Planner

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤
If 10 invited90DOE ≤ Jun 26
If 50 invited80DOE ≤ Mar 26
If 100 invited75DOE ≤ Jan 26
If 200 invited70DOE ≤ Jun 26

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 Network Planner is assessed by Engineers Australia.

A · Radiocommunications Technician

TRA

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B · Telecommunications Network Planner

Engineers Australia

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