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

  • Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

  • Data Communications Technician
  • Service Engineer
  • Service Technician
  • Customer Service Technician
  • Install and Repair Technician
  • Plant and Equipment Worker
  • Public Address Servicer

  • 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.

  • Analyze test readings, computer printouts, and trouble reports to determine equipment repair needs and required repair methods.
  • Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.
  • Examine telephone transmission facilities to determine requirements for new or additional telephone services.
  • Install telephone station equipment, such as intercommunication systems, transmitters, receivers, relays, and ringers, and related apparatus, such as coin collectors, telephone booths, and switching-key equipment.
  • Install updated software and programs that maintain existing software or provide requested features, such as time-correlated call routing.
  • Maintain computer and manual records pertaining to facilities and equipment.
  • Perform database verifications, using computers.
  • Program computerized switches and switchboards to provide requested features.
  • Request support from technical service centers when on-site procedures fail to solve installation or maintenance problems.

  • Service vehicles to maintain functionality.
  • Advise others on issues related to repairs, installation, or equipment design.
  • Analyze test or performance data to assess equipment operation.
  • Enter codes or other information into computers.
  • Explain use of products or services.
  • Install programs onto computer or computer-controlled equipment.