Outside Plant Technician B (TERM)
Core
Installs, removes, and rearranges outside plant facilities including telephone cables, poles, and hardware; performs physical construction tasks like digging, climbing, and operating equipment to provide telephone service.
Role type
field technician (outside plant)
Builds
telephone service infrastructure (aerial, underground, submarine, buried cables, poles, and associated hardware)
Domain
telecommunications + construction
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
pole climbing, operating construction equipment (winches, chain saws, hydraulic lifts), digging and trenching, cable splicing and termination, reading engineering plans, driving manual transmission vehicles, physical labor (lifting up to 100 lbs), confined space entry
Preferred skills
CDL, OSHA safety standards compliance
Technologies
hydraulic aerial lifts, winches, chain saws, cable reels, test equipment, fiber interduct
Responsibilities
placing and removing outside telephone plant, connecting wires and cables to terminals, inspecting and repairing wires and poles, operating construction-type equipment, digging holes and laying cable/conduit, trimming trees, entering confined spaces, operating company motor vehicles, completing administrative paperwork
Seniority
entry to mid-level field technician