Line Worker
Core
Install, maintain, and repair aerial and underground telecommunications plants, including service drops, house cables, and building terminals.
Role type
Field technician (telecommunications infrastructure)
Builds
Outside plant facilities (aerial and underground wiring)
Domain
Telecommunications / Utility Infrastructure
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
operating heavy-duty power equipment, climbing ladders and poles, working at heights, operating boom trucks, reading cut sheets and work orders, driving manual transmission vehicles, color perception, audible tone/level discrimination
Responsibilities
Place, move, rearrange, replace, connect, disconnect, transfer, maintain, reroute, and remove aerial and underground plants; operate company vehicle; handle and climb ladders and poles; attach or detach hardware to wires, cables, buildings, or poles; use test equipment to check for gas and clear debris from manholes; load tools and materials on trucks and drive to work locations.