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
  • Repair Technician
  • Central Office Repairer
  • Communication Equipment Repairer
  • Communications Equipment Repair Technician
  • Install and Repair Technician
  • Instrument Repairer
  • Matrix Repairer
  • PBX Repairer
  • Plant and Equipment Worker
  • Private Branch Exchange Repairer
  • Telecommunication Equipment Repairer
  • Telecommunications Switch Technician
  • Telecommunications Repairer
  • Telephone Repairer
  • Telephone Station Repairer
  • Time Signal Wirer

  • 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.

  • Repair or replace faulty equipment, such as defective and damaged telephones, wires, switching system components, and associated equipment.
  • Analyze test readings, computer printouts, and trouble reports to determine equipment repair needs and required repair methods.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.

  • Repair electrical components.
  • Repair electronic equipment.
  • Advise others on issues related to repairs, installation, or equipment design.
  • Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
  • Read technical information needed to perform maintenance or repairs.