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

  • Electronic Systems Technician
  • Electronics Installer
  • Electronics Mechanic

  • Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.
  • Enter codes needed to correct electronic switching system programming.
  • Perform routine maintenance on equipment, including adjusting and lubricating components and painting worn or exposed areas.
  • Repair or replace faulty equipment, such as defective and damaged telephones, wires, switching system components, and associated equipment.
  • Run wires between components and to outside cable systems, connecting them to wires from telephone poles or underground cable accesses.
  • Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.

  • Assemble electrical components, subsystems, or systems.
  • Connect electrical components or equipment.
  • Install electrical components, equipment, or systems.
  • Repair electronic equipment.
  • Repair electrical components.
  • Rewire electrical or electronic systems.
  • Test electrical circuits or components for proper functioning.