Cable Splicer Helper
Core
Connects, rearranges, repairs, and maintains outside cable facilities in aerial, buried, underground, and building environments.
Role type
Cable Splicer Helper
Builds
Aerial, buried, underground, and in-building cable facilities
Domain
Telecommunications infrastructure / Physical field work
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Climbing poles/ladders up to 60 feet, operating power equipment (pumps, compressors, backhoes, trenchers), using specialized test equipment, reading work prints and diagrams, distinguishing true colors, manual gear shift driving
Preferred skills
Previous experience as a Cable Splicer Helper or related experience
Technologies
Specialized cable testing equipment, power equipment (pumps, compressors, blowers, backhoes, trenchers)
Responsibilities
Connects and rearranges cable facilities according to engineering design, tests for and locates cable trouble, works with open flame and molten lead for cable closures, climbs poles and works aloft on platforms or in vehicle-mounted buckets, enters manholes and cable vaults, operates power equipment, maintains cable pressurization, inspects vehicles for safe operating conditions
Seniority
Entry-level to Junior, hands-on IC