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Description

Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.

Interests

  • Realistic
  • Conventional

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Work Values

  • Support
  • Relationships
  • Independence

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Work Styles

  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Cooperation
  • Self-Control
  • Integrity

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Tasks

  • Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
  • Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.
  • Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.
  • Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
  • Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.

Work Activities

  • Performing General Physical Activities
  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems
  • Handling and Moving Objects
  • Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Detailed Work Activities

  • Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
  • Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
  • Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
  • Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
  • Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
  • Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
  • Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
  • Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
  • Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
  • Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Technology Skills

  • Electronic mail software
  • Cloud-based data access and sharing software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Facilities management software

Abilities

  • Near Vision
  • Oral Comprehension
  • Oral Expression
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Extent Flexibility

Skills

  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening

Knowledge

  • Telecommunications
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • English Language
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Computers and Electronics

Most Common Education Level

The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.

Certificates

Certifying Organization

ETA International

Type

Core

Certifying Organization

Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers

Type

Advanced

Certificate name

Fiber To Any Antenna

Certifying Organization

ETA International

Type

Core

Certifying Organization

Building Industry Consulting Service International

Type

Advanced

Certificate name

ITS Installer 2

Certifying Organization

Building Industry Consulting Service International

Type

Advanced

Income Percentile

The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.

Income PercentileAnnual Income
Low (10%)$58,372
Median (50%)$66,440
High (90%)$78,783

Income by Experience

This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).

ExperienceIncome
Entry Level $66,658
Mid Level $75,357
Senior Level $80,657
Expert Level $97,409

Employability

There are currently 102,200 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to decrease to 99,400 positions, reflecting a projected decline of -3%.

The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.

Projected Job Growth of -3%

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