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SOC: 49-9052 |
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
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String and repair telephone and television cable, including fiber optics and other equipment for transmitting messages or television programming.
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Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories. 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. Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment. Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment. Place insulation over conductors or seal splices with moisture-proof covering. Access specific areas to string lines or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces. String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension. Install equipment such as amplifiers or repeaters to maintain the strength of communications transmissions. Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches. Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks; then pull lines through ducts by hand or with winches. Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.
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