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

  • Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

  • Switch Box Installer
  • Switch Technician
  • Switchboard Installer
  • Switchboard Mechanic
  • Switchboard Troubleshooter
  • Switchboard Wirer
  • Switchman
  • Install and Repair Technician
  • Network Operations Center Technician
  • Plant and Equipment Worker
  • Satellite Communications Operator
  • Telecommunications Switch Technician
  • Test Desk Operator
  • Testboard Operator
  • Time Signal Wirer
  • Transmission Systems Operator
  • Voltmeter Operator

  • Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends. Service or repair telephone, cable television, Internet, and other communications equipment on customers' property. May install communications equipment or communications wiring in buildings.

  • Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.
  • Clean switches and replace contact points, using vacuum hoses, solvents, and hand tools.
  • Diagnose and correct problems from remote locations, using special switchboards to find the sources of problems.
  • Enter codes needed to correct electronic switching system programming.
  • Install telephone station equipment, such as intercommunication systems, transmitters, receivers, relays, and ringers, and related apparatus, such as coin collectors, telephone booths, and switching-key equipment.
  • Program computerized switches and switchboards to provide requested features.
  • Repair or replace faulty equipment, such as defective and damaged telephones, wires, switching system components, and associated equipment.
  • Route and connect cables and lines to switches, switchboard equipment, and distributing frames, using wire-wrap guns or soldering irons to connect wires to terminals.

  • 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.