Cable Installer
- Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.
- Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.
- Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
- Access specific areas to string lines or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
- Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
- Place insulation over conductors or seal splices with moisture-proof covering.
- Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.
- Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks; then pull lines through ducts by hand or with winches.
- Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches.
- Install equipment such as amplifiers or repeaters to maintain the strength of communications transmissions.
- String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension.
- Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.
- Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.
- Explain cable service to subscribers after installation and collect any installation fees that are due.
- Compute impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels.
- Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, trenchers, or cable plows.
- Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.
- Dig holes for power poles, using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes, and hoist poles upright, using winches.
- Participate in the construction or removal of telecommunication towers or associated support structures.
Apply by email: jjordan@ntouchconsultant.com
Fiber Technician
Job Description
Technicians install new cable lines, both underground and on telephone poles, and also perform maintenance on existing cables, including evaluation tests and repairing old or malfunctioning cables. Technicians cut and splice fiber optic cables, locate problem areas and perform other repairs as needed. Technicians also install and maintain network systems for private lines and determine solutions for any issues preventing the service from operating normally.
Requirements
Education
A high school diploma, or equivalent, is the minimum education required to work as fiber network technician. Desire certificate, an associate's degree or a bachelor's degree. Technicians may also have additional training through a professional organization like the National Coalition for Telecommunications Education and Learning.
Apply by email: jjordan@ntouchconsultant.com