Work setting

Tasks

Test equipment to locate transmission faults
Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
Instruct apprentices
Complete and maintain test and service reports
Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
Splice, join and connect wires
Repair or replace defective telephone equipment
Inspect operation of telecommunications equipment
Diagnose and locate equipment faults, and adjust, replace or repair telecommunications equipment
Install, arrange, remove and maintain telephone equipment, wiring and associated hardware
Test installed telephone systems to locate transmission faults
Install electromechanical, analog and digital trunking systems, circuits and equipment in telecommunications central offices and switching centres
Analyze test results and adjust, change or repair switching system, network, associated equipment and software
Operate computerized testing systems to conduct service tests on customer lines and equipment
Initiate the dispatch of appropriate repair personnel