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

  • Telephone Installer
  • Telephone Maintainer
  • Telephone Maintenance Mechanic
  • Telephone Mechanic
  • Telephone Repairer
  • Telephone Station Installer
  • Telephone Station Repairer
  • Telephone Technician
  • Telephone Worker
  • Switchboard Installer
  • Switchboard Mechanic
  • Switchboard Troubleshooter
  • Switchboard Wirer
  • Network Operations Center Technician
  • Satellite Communications Operator
  • Test Desk Operator
  • Testboard Operator
  • 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.
  • Communicate with bases, using telephones or two-way radios to receive instructions or technical advice, or to report equipment status.
  • Diagnose and correct problems from remote locations, using special switchboards to find the sources of problems.
  • Examine telephone transmission facilities to determine requirements for new or additional telephone services.
  • 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.
  • Run wires between components and to outside cable systems, connecting them to wires from telephone poles or underground cable accesses.

  • 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.