Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
Maintaining multi-node PBX systems, associated power equipment, and telephone interfaces directly transfers to telecommunications equipment troubleshooting and repair.
How to prepare: Prepare a sample troubleshooting record showing how you isolated a PBX or interface fault, selected a repair, and verified restored service.
What the civilian work involves
- Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
- Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.
- Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Cisco IOS