Cable Splicer
Core
Install, repair, and maintain aerial, underground, and buried telecommunications cables using hand tools, mechanical equipment, and test gear.
Role type
Field cable splicer and technician
Builds
Physical cable infrastructure (aerial, underground, buried, submarine) for telecommunications service (via careerplan.io/jobs/42346619-cable-splicer-at-ftr)
Domain
Telecommunications / Physical Infrastructure
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Cable splicing (twisting, soldering, connectors), climbing ladders and poles, operating boom trucks, interpreting cut sheets and work orders, using electrical test equipment, driving manual transmission vehicles, color and tone discrimination
Preferred skills
Experience in OSP construction, fiber network field technician roles, or equivalent telecommunications experience
Technologies
Boom trucks, electrical test equipment, splice closures, NIDS
Responsibilities
Splice and connect various cable types (aerial, underground, buried, coaxial), mount and repair terminal/load coil cases, rearrange service drops and jumper wires, operate company vehicles to job sites, perform cable acceptance and pressure tests, enter manholes and trenches to place materials, maintain detailed work records
Seniority
Entry to Mid-level, hands-on IC