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

  • Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

  • Office Electrician
  • Cable TV Line Technician
  • Cable Television Line Technician
  • Central Office Equipment Installer
  • Central Office Frame Wirer
  • Central Office Installer
  • Central Office Mechanic
  • Central Office Repairer
  • Central Office Technician
  • Central Office Trouble Shooter
  • Central Office Worker
  • Community Antenna Television Line Technician
  • Fiber Optic Central Office Installer

  • Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends. Service or repair telephone, cable television, Internet, and other communications equipment on customers' property. May install communications equipment or communications wiring in buildings.

  • Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.
  • Collaborate with other workers to locate and correct malfunctions.
  • Diagnose and correct problems from remote locations, using special switchboards to find the sources of problems.
  • Enter codes needed to correct electronic switching system programming.
  • Note differences in wire and cable colors so that work can be performed correctly.
  • Route and connect cables and lines to switches, switchboard equipment, and distributing frames, using wire-wrap guns or soldering irons to connect wires to terminals.