--- title: "The Skills Gap in Wireless Infrastructure Education: A Strategy for Improvement" description: This white paper confronts the reality that the demand for wireless infrastructure continues to outpace the industry’s existing labor force of trained technology professionals, engineers and field technicians. image: https://go.wia.org/hubfs/Connect%20X/0000_The-Skills-Gap-in-Wireless-Infrastructure-Education-1.jpg --- [![WIA](https://go.wia.org/hubfs/Connect%20X%20Email/Image/wia_logo-1.png)](https://wia.org/) - [News](https://wia.org/category/news-content/wia-press-releases/) - [Membership](https://wia.org/membership/) - [Frequency Coordination](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/) - [News](https://wia.org/category/news-content/wia-press-releases/) - [Membership](https://wia.org/membership/) - [Frequency Coordination](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/) ##### Navigation - [Home](https://wia.org/) - [About WIA](https://wia.org/about/) - [About WIA](https://wia.org/about/) - [Mission](https://wia.org/about/mission/) - [Board of Directors](https://wia.org/about/board-of-directors/) - [Staff](https://wia.org/staff/) - [Advocacy](https://wia.org/advocacy/) - [Advocacy Overview](https://wia.org/advocacy/) - [Advocacy Issues](https://wia.org/advocacy/advocacy-issues/) - [WIA Federal Filings](https://wia.org/advocacy/wia-federal-filings/) - [Advocacy Resources](https://wia.org/advocacy/advocacy-resources/) - [Advocacy Contacts](https://wia.org/advocacy/advocacy-contacts/) - [Frequency Coordination](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/) - [Frequency Coordination Services Overview](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/) - [Fee Calculator](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/fee-calculator/) - [Welcome to WIA’s License\*Link Online™](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/license-link/) - [Frequency Coordination FAQ](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/frequency-coordination-faqs/) - [Process Overview](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/process-overview/) - [FCC Forms](http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html) - [Fee Schedule](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/fee-schedule/) - [Events](https://wia.org/events/) - [Industry Initiatives](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/) - [Industry Initiatives Overview](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/) - [Innovation & Technology Council](https://wia.org/innovation-technology-council-itc/) - [Education and Training](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/education/) - [HetNet Forum](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/the-hetnet-forum/) - [TIRAP](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/tirap/) - [Women’s Wireless Leadership Forum](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/wwlf/) - [Infrastructure Developers Forum (IDF)](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/idf/) - [State Wireless Association Program (SWAP)](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/swap/) - [City Networks Task Force](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/city-networks-task-force/) - [Membership](https://wia.org/membership/) - [Join the Wireless Infrastructure Association](https://wia.org/membership/join-wia-the-wireless-infrastructure-association/) - [Member Benefits](https://wia.org/membership/member-benefits/) - [Current Members](https://wia.org/members/) - [WIA Members Only Access](https://wia.org/membership/wia-members-only-login-page/) - [Search WIA.org](https://wia.org/search/) - [Resource Library](https://wia.org/resource-library/) - [WIA Blog](https://wia.org/blog/) # Resource Library [Homepage](https://wia.org/) / [Resource Library](https://go.wia.org/resource-library) / The Skills Gap in Wireless Infrastructure Education: A Strategy for Improvement The Wireless Infrastructure Association regularly publishes white papers covering a variety of topics – from new technologies to potential regulatory issues – in order to inform WIA members, the wireless industry, the public, and lawmakers on the federal , state and local levels. # The Skills Gap in Wireless Infrastructure Education: A Strategy for Improvement *The Skills Gap in Wireless Infrastructure Training and Education: A Strategy for Improvement c*onfronts the reality that the demand for wireless infrastructure continues to outpace the industry’s existing labor force of trained technology professionals, engineers and field technicians. This skills gap poses serious threats to the nation’s ability to expand wireless broadband coverage in urban, suburban and rural markets. Government and industry therefore must develop training and educational programs to draw workers to the industry, and to provide the advanced skills the industry needs as wireless demand grows to improve the safety and quality of deployments. 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