Telecommunications Trades Workers

Key Tasks

• •Examining drawings, specifications and work areas to determine positioning and connections for equipment to be installed
• •Locating faults in telecommunications equipment using instruments such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, ammeters and transmission measuring equipment
• •Attaching wires and cables to appliances
• •Adjusting, replacing and repairing faulty items, and testing equipment using electronic instruments
• •Installing cabling for telephone, radio, pay tv and computer transmission
• •Joining cables and sealing sheaths with lead and thermoplastic
• •Erecting, testing and maintaining aerial and underground wires and cables, and radio and mobile phone antennae
• •Installing telecommunications equipment and appliances such as telephones, switchboards and data transmission equipment

Employment Projections to 2034