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

  • Call Box Wirer
  • Call Circuit Worker
  • Customer Service Technician
  • Central Office Worker
  • Central Office Equipment Installer
  • Central Office Frame Wirer
  • Central Office Mechanic
  • Central Office Repairer
  • Central Office Technician
  • Central Office Trouble Shooter
  • Service Engineer
  • Service Technician
  • CO Worker
  • Facility Worker
  • Fiber Optic Central Office Installer
  • Network Operations Center Technician
  • P&E Worker
  • Plant and Equipment Worker
  • Public Address Servicer
  • Telephone Worker
  • Test Worker
  • Toll Test Worker
  • Toll Test Desk Worker
  • Toll Testboard Worker
  • Toll Transmission Worker
  • Transmission Worker

  • 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.

  • Adjust or modify equipment to enhance equipment performance or to respond to customer requests.
  • Collaborate with other workers to locate and correct malfunctions.
  • Demonstrate equipment to customers and explain its use, responding to any inquiries or complaints.
  • Determine viability of sites through observation, and discuss site locations and construction requirements with customers.
  • Drive crew trucks to and from work areas.
  • Examine telephone transmission facilities to determine requirements for new or additional telephone services.
  • Install updated software and programs that maintain existing software or provide requested features, such as time-correlated call routing.
  • Note differences in wire and cable colors so that work can be performed correctly.
  • Place intercept circuits on terminals to handle vacant lines in central office installations.
  • Remove and remake connections to change circuit layouts, following work orders or diagrams.
  • Remove loose wires and other debris after work is completed.
  • Request support from technical service centers when on-site procedures fail to solve installation or maintenance problems.

  • Service vehicles to maintain functionality.
  • Clean work areas.
  • Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
  • Climb equipment or structures to access work areas.
  • Drive trucks or other vehicles to or at work sites.
  • Explain use of products or services.
  • Gather information about work conditions or locations.
  • Maintain work equipment or machinery.