How do they match: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

  • Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, trenchers, or cable plows.
  • Access specific areas to string lines, or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
  • Dig holes for power poles, using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes, and hoist poles upright, using winches.
  • Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.
  • Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.
  • Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.

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  • Move large objects using heavy equipment.