Mobile Telecom and Cabling Training Workshops

Telecom and network contractors, small internet providers, electrical firms and facilities teams paying for new hires or upskilling. Some career changers pay for themselves.

A fixed fee per course day or per trainee, plus charges for materials and certificates. Repeat contracts with employers help fill your calendar.

• Proven telecom or cabling experience
• Clear teaching and demonstrating
• Organizing courses and travel

• Check with your provincial regulator whether your courses count as private vocational training that needs registration
• Commercial general liability insurance that covers instructing and equipment use
• If you use a vendor or industry curriculum or certificate name (BICSI, FOA, etc.), check the licensing and instructor requirements
• Any working at height or tower content may need specialist certified instructors
• Quebec courses may need French-language materials

Startup costs are estimated at typically around $4,000 to $20,000, depending on your portable training kit, materials and travel. Monthly revenue is estimated at about $1,500 to $7,500, depending on how many courses you run and who books them.

Check with your provincial regulator whether your courses count as private vocational training needing registration. Also check insurance that covers instructing and equipment use, licensing and instructor requirements for vendor curricula such as BICSI or FOA, and French-language materials for Quebec.

Estimates start at around 10 hours a week. You need proven telecom or cabling experience, clear teaching and demonstrating skills, and the ability to organize courses and travel. Any work-at-height content may need specialist certified instructors.