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Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

ID

work_installation_repair/telecommunications_line_installers_and_repairers

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Children

19

Child Nodes (19)

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Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.

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Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.

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Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.

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Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.

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Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.

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Access specific areas to string lines, or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.

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Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.

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String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches, and pull lines to proper tension.

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Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.

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Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduits running through trenches.

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Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches.

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Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.

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Explain cable service to subscribers after installation, and collect any installation fees due.

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Place insulation over conductors, or seal splices with moisture-proof covering.

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Compute impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels.

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Install equipment such as amplifiers or repeaters to maintain the strength of communications transmissions.

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Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, trenchers, or cable plows.

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Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.

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Dig holes for power poles, using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes, and hoist poles upright, using winches.