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

  • Office Electrician
  • Information Transport Systems Technician
  • Central Office Equipment Installer
  • Central Office Frame Wirer
  • Central Office Mechanic
  • Central Office Repairer
  • Central Office Technician
  • Central Office Trouble Shooter
  • Central Office Worker
  • Electronic Systems Technician
  • Fiber Optic Central Office Installer
  • Sound System Installer
  • Transmission Systems Operator

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Place intercept circuits on terminals to handle vacant lines in central office installations.
  • 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.

  • Assemble electrical components, subsystems, or systems.
  • Enter codes or other information into computers.
  • Gather information about work conditions or locations.
  • Install electrical components, equipment, or systems.
  • Interpret blueprints, specifications, or diagrams to inform installation, development or operation activities.
  • Read technical information needed to perform maintenance or repairs.
  • Rewire electrical or electronic systems.
  • Troubleshoot equipment or systems operation problems.
  • Verify information or specifications.