Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

The work

Core tasks

1. 01Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
2. 02Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.
3. 03Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.
4. 04Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
5. 05Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.
6. 06Access 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.
7. 07Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.
8. 08String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches, and pull lines to proper tension.
9. 09Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
10. 10Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduits running through trenches.
11. 11Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches.
12. 12Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.

Capabilities

Essential skills

Employment outlook

Where the role is heading