Cable Splicer
Core
Set up, rack, splice, transfer, repair, rearrange, bond, pressurize, and test aerial, underground, and buried cable; mount, cut-in, and repair cable terminal and load coil cases.
Role type
Field cable splicer and telecommunications infrastructure technician
Builds
Aerial, underground, and buried cable networks for telecommunications service
Domain
Telecommunications / Physical Infrastructure
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Cable splicing (twisting/soldering/connectors), cable testing and pressure testing, climbing poles and working at heights, operating boom trucks and company vehicles, reading cut sheets and work orders, handling heavy objects, color and tone discrimination
Preferred skills
Experience as Cable Splicer, OSP Construction Installer, Communications Specialist, or equivalent telecommunications field experience
Technologies
Boom trucks, test equipment, electrical test equipment, hermetically sealed splice closures
Responsibilities
Splice and connect various cable types (aerial, underground, buried, coaxial), repair cable terminals and load coils, perform cable acceptance tests, operate vehicles to work locations, maintain detailed work records, clear manholes of debris and water
Seniority
Entry to Mid-level, hands-on field technician