How do they match: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

  • Radio Machinist

  • Bolt equipment into place, using hand or power tools.
  • Insert plugs into receptacles and bolt or screw leads to terminals to connect equipment to power sources, using hand tools.
  • Lift equipment into position, using cranes and rigging tools or equipment, such as gin poles.
  • Perform maintenance or repair work on existing tower equipment, using hand or power tools.
  • Remove and replace defective components and parts such as conductors, resistors, semiconductors, and integrated circuits, using soldering irons, wire cutters, and hand tools.
  • Repair circuits, wiring, and soldering, using soldering irons and hand tools to install parts and adjust connections.
  • Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.

  • Maintain work equipment or machinery.
  • Position equipment using hand tools, power tools, or heavy equipment.