Installs, maintains and repairs telecommunications equipment and appliances such as telephones, mobile telephones, switchboards and data transmission equipment, in homes or at business or telephone exchanges or other network sites.
Tasks Include:
examines drawings, specifications and work areas to determine positioning and connections for equipment to be installed
attaches wires and cables to appliances
locates faults in telecommunications equipment using instruments such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, ammeters and digital and analogue transmission measuring equipment
adjusts, replaces and repairs faulty items of line concentrating equipment, telephone exchanges, telephone installation centres and fault control centres
repairs telephones and telecommunications equipment in homes, or installs computerised switchboards and commanders in offices
tests equipment using electronic instruments
may assist installation of aerial or underground telephone cables or radio antennae
may install and maintain a full range of mobile radio and personal access radio equipment