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

Address special issues or situations, such as illegal or unauthorized use of equipment, or cases of electrical or acoustic shock.
Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.
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.
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.
Refer to manufacturers' manuals to obtain maintenance instructions pertaining to specific malfunctions.
Repair or replace faulty equipment, such as defective and damaged telephones, wires, switching system components, and associated equipment.
Review manufacturer's instructions, manuals, technical specifications, building permits, and ordinances to determine communication equipment requirements and procedures.
Run wires between components and to outside cable systems, connecting them to wires from telephone poles or underground cable accesses.
Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.

Assemble electrical components, subsystems, or systems.
Install electrical components, equipment, or systems.
Interpret blueprints, specifications, or diagrams to inform installation, development or operation activities.
Rewire electrical or electronic systems.
Troubleshoot equipment or systems operation problems.
Verify information or specifications.

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