Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.
• 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.
• Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches.
• Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers.