Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.
- Tasks
- 19 tasks12 core, 7 supplemental
- Family
- Installation, Maintenance & RepairOne of its 52 occupations
- Code
- 49-9052.00SOC 2018: 49-9052
What the work is made of
12 core tasks and 7 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.Core taskTask 11850Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 2. Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.Core taskTask 11846Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 3. Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.Core taskTask 11849Rated by 95 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 4. Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.Core taskTask 11847Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 5. Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.Core taskTask 11848Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 6. 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.Core taskTask 11852Rated by 95 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 7. Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.Core taskTask 11857Rated by 95 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 8. String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches, and pull lines to proper tension.Core taskTask 11853Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 9. Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.Core taskTask 20806Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 10. Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduits running through trenches.Core taskTask 11855Rated by 93 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 11. Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches.Core taskTask 20807Rated by 95 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 12. Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.Core taskTask 11861Rated by 95 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 13. Explain cable service to subscribers after installation, and collect any installation fees due.Supplemental taskTask 11858Rated by 93 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 14. Place insulation over conductors, or seal splices with moisture-proof covering.Supplemental taskTask 11851Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 15. Compute impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels.Supplemental taskTask 11859Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 16. Install equipment such as amplifiers or repeaters to maintain the strength of communications transmissions.Supplemental taskTask 11854Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 17. Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, trenchers, or cable plows.Supplemental taskTask 11860Rated by 93 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 18. Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.Supplemental taskTask 11863Rated by 93 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 19. Dig holes for power poles, using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes, and hoist poles upright, using winches.Supplemental taskTask 11862Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015
Where this comes from
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How we copy and credit sources- Published byO*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration
- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 49-9052
- LicenseCC BY 4.0Free to copy and reuse, with credit
- Changed by usNothing.
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