Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Key skills

A typical day

• •Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
• •Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.
• •Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.
• •Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
• •Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.

Fields of study

Any field