Access specific areas to string lines and install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, and appliances, using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles and ladders or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
Inspect and test lines and cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults and malfunctions.
Install equipment such as amplifiers and repeaters in order to maintain the strength of communications transmissions.
Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduits running through trenches.
Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.
Place insulation over conductors, and seal splices with moisture-proof covering.
Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks; then pull lines through ducts by hand or with winches.
Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, and adjusting equipment.
Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.
String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension.
Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, and repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment and accessories.
Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, including digger derricks, trenchers, and cable plows.
Clean and maintain tools and test equipment.
Compute impedance of wires from poles to houses in order to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels.
Dig holes for power poles, using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes, and hoist poles upright, using winches.
Dig trenches for underground wires and cables.
Explain cable service to subscribers after installation, and collect any installation fees that are due.
Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.
Participate in the construction and removal of telecommunication towers and associated support structures.
Telecommunications -- Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Installation -- Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
Repairing -- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
Troubleshooting -- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Equipment Maintenance -- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Equipment Selection -- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Quality Control Analysis -- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Mathematics -- Using mathematics to solve problems.
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.
Manual Dexterity -- The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Control Precision -- The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Oral Comprehension -- The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Near Vision -- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Deductive Reasoning -- The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Oral Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Finger Dexterity -- The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Problem Sensitivity -- The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment -- Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
Performing General Physical Activities -- Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
Getting Information -- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Handling and Moving Objects -- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Controlling Machines and Processes -- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events -- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material -- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings -- Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.