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

  • Office Electrician
  • Central Office Equipment Installer
  • Central Office Frame Wirer
  • Central Office Mechanic
  • Central Office Repairer
  • Central Office Technician
  • Central Office Trouble Shooter
  • Central Office Worker
  • Fiber Optic Central Office Installer

  • 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.

  • Collaborate with other workers to locate and correct malfunctions.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.