# Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers > Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics. - Code: 49-9052.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 49-9052) - Family: [Installation, Maintenance & Repair](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-49), one of its 52 occupations - Tasks: 19 tasks (12 core and 7 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/49-9052.00 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/49-9052.00.json ## What the work is made of 1. Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment. Core task · Task 11850 · Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015 2. Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories. Core task · Task 11846 · Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015 3. Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment. Core task · Task 11849 · Rated by 95 people who do the job, July 2015 4. Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions. Core task · Task 11847 · Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015 5. Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment. Core task · Task 11848 · Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015 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 task · Task 11852 · Rated by 95 people who do the job, July 2015 7. Clean or maintain tools or test equipment. Core task · Task 11857 · Rated by 95 people who do the job, July 2015 8. String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches, and pull lines to proper tension. Core task · Task 11853 · Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015 9. Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks. Core task · Task 20806 · Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015 10. Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduits running through trenches. Core task · Task 11855 · Rated by 93 people who do the job, July 2015 11. Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches. Core task · Task 20807 · Rated by 95 people who do the job, July 2015 12. Dig trenches for underground wires or cables. Core task · Task 11861 · Rated by 95 people who do the job, July 2015 13. Explain cable service to subscribers after installation, and collect any installation fees due. Supplemental task · Task 11858 · Rated by 93 people who do the job, July 2015 14. Place insulation over conductors, or seal splices with moisture-proof covering. Supplemental task · Task 11851 · Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015 15. Compute impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels. Supplemental task · Task 11859 · Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015 16. Install equipment such as amplifiers or repeaters to maintain the strength of communications transmissions. Supplemental task · Task 11854 · Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015 17. Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, trenchers, or cable plows. Supplemental task · Task 11860 · Rated by 93 people who do the job, July 2015 18. Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices. Supplemental task · Task 11863 · Rated by 93 people who do the job, July 2015 19. Dig holes for power poles, using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes, and hoist poles upright, using winches. Supplemental task · Task 11862 · Rated by 94 people who do the job, July 2015 ## More in Installation, Maintenance & Repair - [Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/49-3011.00): 38 tasks - [Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/49-2097.00): 11 tasks - [Automotive Body and Related Repairers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/49-3021.00): 25 tasks - [Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/49-3022.00): 18 tasks - [Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/49-3023.00): 30 tasks - [Avionics Technicians](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/49-2091.00): 13 tasks - [Bicycle Repairers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/49-3091.00): 14 tasks - [Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/49-3031.00): 26 tasks - [Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/49-9061.00): 15 tasks - 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