Telecommunications Equipment Installers & Repairers
Install, set-up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends. Service or repair telephone, cable television, Internet, and other communications equipment on customers' property. May install communications equipment or communications wiring in buildings.
Also called: Central Office Technician, Install and Repair Technician, Service Technician, Telecommunications Technician
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- mechanical
Skills:
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- keep your arm or hand steady
- hold or move items with your hands
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Analytical Thinking
Technology:
Analytical or scientific software
- Fluke ClearSight Analyzer
- Fluke Networks TechAdvisor Field Access System
- Fluke Networks Fluke TechEXPERT
Education:
certificate after high school
