Job Description
Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians install, test, maintain and repair cable and satellite television, internet signal and associate equipment, telephones, telephone switching equipment and other telecommunications equipment related to transmission and processing of voice, video signals and other data over a variety of media including fibre optics, microwave, radio and satellite. They are employed by cable and satellite television, telephone, and other telecommunications transmission service companies. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
- Telephone installers and repairers
- Install, arrange, remove, and maintain telephone equipment, wiring, and associated hardware
- Test installed telephone systems to locate transmission faults
- Repair or replace defective and damaged telephones, wires, and associated equipment.
- Switch network installers and repairers
- Install electromechanical, analog, and digital trunking systems, circuits and equipment in telecommunications central offices and switching centres
- Inspect and test trunking systems, circuits, and equipment
- Analyze test results and adjust, change, or repair the switching system, network, associated equipment, and software.
- Updating this Main Duty
- Operate computerized testing systems to conduct service tests on customer lines and equipment
- Determine the nature, cause, and location of service trouble
- Dispatch appropriate repair personnel
- Complete test reports and maintain test and service records
- May assist repair personnel to test lines, circuits, and systems, isolate and clear cable faults, and verify records.
- Telecommunications equipment technicians
- Install, remove, and maintain various telecommunications equipment and related systems such as telex and facsimile machines, teletypewriters, mobile radios, cellular telephones, pagers, and other telecommunications equipment
- Configure operating systems and install software for access to the Internet
- Inspect and test the operation of telecommunications equipment
- Diagnose and locate equipment faults, and adjust, replace, or repair telecommunications equipment.
- Cable television service technicians
- Communicate with subscribers and company personnel to determine work assignments
- Connect, disconnect, and relocate cable outlets, install splitters, converters, decoders, terminals, digital boxes, and satellite equipment, and install other cable or wireless modems, routers, and software to enable Internet access at subscribers’ premises
- Inspect, test, and repair cable and satellite television signals and associated equipment at subscribers’ premises
