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

  • Power Technician
  • Automatic Equipment Technician
  • Broadband Technician
  • Cable Technician
  • Cable TV Line Technician
  • Cable Television Technician
  • Cable Television Line Technician
  • Central Office Technician
  • Combination Technician
  • Communications Technician
  • Communications Equipment Repair Technician
  • Community Antenna Television Line Technician
  • Customer Service Technician
  • Data Communications Technician
  • Electronic Systems Technician
  • Facility Technician
  • Fiber Technician
  • Field Technician
  • Field Installation Technician
  • Headend Technician
  • In Building Wireless Installation Technician
  • Information Transport Systems Technician
  • Install and Repair Technician
  • Installation Technician
  • Installer Technician
  • Maintenance Technician
  • Network Technician
  • Network Operations Center Technician
  • Outside Plant Technician
  • Phone Technician
  • Plant Technician
  • Premises Technician
  • Repair Technician
  • Satellite Technician
  • Service Technician
  • Solutions Technician
  • Sound System Installer
  • Special Equipment Technician
  • Submarine Cable Equipment Technician
  • Switch Technician
  • Telecommunications Technician
  • Telecommunications Switch Technician
  • Telephone Technician
  • Teletype Technician
  • Test Technician
  • Transmission Systems Operator
  • Wire Technician
  • Wireless Technician

  • Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.
  • Communicate with bases, using telephones or two-way radios to receive instructions or technical advice, or to report equipment status.
  • 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.
  • Repair or replace faulty equipment, such as defective and damaged telephones, wires, switching system components, and associated equipment.
  • Request support from technical service centers when on-site procedures fail to solve installation or maintenance problems.
  • 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 connections to ensure that power supplies are adequate and that communications links function.

  • Assemble electrical components, subsystems, or systems.
  • Climb equipment or structures to access work areas.
  • Install electrical components, equipment, or systems.
  • Read technical information needed to perform maintenance or repairs.
  • Rewire electrical or electronic systems.
  • Troubleshoot equipment or systems operation problems.