How do they match: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

  • Plant Technician
  • Plant and Equipment Worker
  • Network Operations Center Technician
  • Outside Plant Technician
  • Satellite Communications Operator
  • Telegraph Plant Maintainer
  • Test Desk Operator
  • Testboard Operator
  • Transmission Systems Operator
  • Voltmeter Operator

  • Climb poles and ladders, use truck-mounted booms, and enter areas such as manholes and cable vaults to install, maintain, or inspect equipment.
  • Run wires between components and to outside cable systems, connecting them to wires from telephone poles or underground cable accesses.
  • Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.

  • Analyze test or performance data to assess equipment operation.
  • Document operational activities.
  • Interpret blueprints, specifications, or diagrams to inform installation, development or operation activities.
  • Troubleshoot equipment or systems operation problems.