Occupational Employment Statistics
49-9052 Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.
Northwest Minnesota
| 180 | 44 | $27.58/hr | $24.28/hr | $24.28/hr | $25.11/hr | $29.86/hr | $36.56/hr |
Construction | 290 | $29.97/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
Information | 340 | $38.78/hr |
Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
Public Administration | 60 | $45.85/hr |
- Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.
- Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
- String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension.
- Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.
- Compute impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels.
- Explain cable service to subscribers after installation and collect any installation fees that are due.
- Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
- Explain cable service to subscribers after installation and collect any installation fees that are due.
- 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.