Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
Troubleshooting and repairing military switchboards, telephone sets, and remote switching units transfers directly to telecommunications equipment fault diagnosis and repair.
How to prepare: Complete a hands-on civilian telephone switching equipment lab covering circuit fault isolation and post-repair testing against equipment specifications.
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.