Responsibilities
Tasks
Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
Test equipment to locate transmission faults
Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
Instruct apprentices
Complete and maintain test and service reports
Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
Read and interpret blueprints
Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
Determine work assignments
Inspect and test trunking systems
Inspect, test and repair cable signals and associated equipment
Install cable modems and software to enable Internet access
Maintain and repair aerial and underground transmission systems
Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
Splice, join and connect wires
Repair or replace defective telephone equipment
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