Staff role
Telecom Line Installer
Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.
O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Cable Splicer; Cable Tech (Cable Technician); Cable TV Tech (Cable Television Technician); Combination Technician (Combination Tech); Fiber Optic Splicer; Field Service Technician; I and R Technician (Installation and Repair Technician); Installer; Outside Plant Technician (Outside Plant Tech); Telecommunications Technician (Telecommunications Tech)
Tasks
- Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.
- Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
- Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.
- Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment, such as digital subscriber line modems.
- Access specific areas to string lines, or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
- Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduits running through trenches.
- Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches.
- Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
Knowledge
- Telecommunications
- Customer and Personal Service
- Engineering and Technology
- Computers and Electronics
- Public Safety and Security
- Building and Construction
- Production and Processing
- Design
- English Language
- Administrative
- Mechanical
- Transportation
- Mathematics
- Education and Training
- Administration and Management
- Sales and Marketing
Skills
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
Abilities
- Oral Expression
- Oral Comprehension
- Near Vision
- Problem Sensitivity
- Deductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Manual Dexterity
- Multilimb Coordination
- Trunk Strength
- Visualization
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Static Strength
- Extent Flexibility
- Speech Clarity
- Inductive Reasoning
- Flexibility of Closure
- Perceptual Speed
- Selective Attention
- Finger Dexterity
- Control Precision
- Far Vision
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