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Telecom And Telephone - Occupations Duties

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Wire switchboards, operating tables, and other telegraph apparatus to specifications, using handtools soldering iron
May test wiring installations, using meters.

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Wire switchboards, operating tables, and other telegraph apparatus to specifications, using handtools soldering iron
May test wiring installations, using meters.

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Compile records authorizations to facilitate installation or rewiring of telephone or telegraph lines resulting from subscribers address changes or other changes in service
Select, assigns and posts cable-assignment data telephone numbers on service orders
Route orders to service department, information operators and directory-compilation personnel for action
Review completed disconnection orders to update cable-assignment records
Prepare statistical reports assembles data for subscriber-analysis studies, as directed
May request field investigation by Facility Examiner tel. tel. where records do not indicate available facilities for subscriber service.

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Analyze problems and repairs manual and automatic telegraphic transmitting receiving apparatus, like teletypewriters, facsimile-recording devices, and switching equipment
Test and adjusts equipment, using testing devices, like signal generators & ohmmeters, following blueprints and wiring diagrams using handtools
Test & regulates telegraph repeaters [Testing-And-Regulating Technician tel. tel. ]
When repairing and maintaining equipment in branch offices, may be designated Operations Technician tel. tel.
May be designated according to type of equipment maintained or repaired as Printer Maintainer tel. and tel. , Telegraphic-Typewriter Repairer tel. tel. .

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Test and adjusts telegraph repeaters terminal apparatus to maintain continuity of service
Operate test board switchboard composed of testing equipment and other testing devices to trace & diagnose wiring and circuit deficiencies between stations [Trouble Locator, Test Desk tel. tel. ]
Replace or regulates repeaters, relays, switches and other equipment, using handtools
Communicate with other telegraph offices by teletypewriter equipment concerning operational problems
May be designated according to equipment tested and adjusted as Telegraph-Repeater Technician tel. tel. .

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Establish and reroutes telegraph submarine cable circuits to make sure flow of messages
Order irregular routing of telegrams to prevent congestion or wire shortage
Receive reports of delays in transmission of messages and issues orders to facilitate transmission
Direct flow of messages during emergencies, like storms, floods, and fires.

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Plan, directs, and coordinates activities concerned with laying repairing submarine telecommunication cables
Devise plans for laying cable lines, taking into consideration ocean currents ocean depths
Determine where & how cables should be laid decides such matters as where to place buoys, where to cut cable, what grapnel to use, what length of rope to use for a given depth, what type of cable to use and what route to follow
Keep charts and records to show depth location of all cables laid
Analyze test figures made when cable fault occurs to determine exact location of cable break
Oversee work of locating repairing damaged cables.

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Test insulated wires in aerial, underground, or submarine multiple-conductor cables to define continuity, insulation, and correctness of cable loading, using standard testing procedures impedance, resistance, and frequency oscillating meters
Listen for sound of escaping insulating gas from hole in cable sheathing to locate defects in cable
Determine continuity, insulation, capacity imbalance and cable loading, using meters, like capacity resistance bridges
Prepare report identifying location cause of malfunctions
May drive motor vehicle along route of cable, climb poles, and ride in cable car from pole to pole on cable strand to perform tests
May direct Cable Splicer construction, tel. tel., utilities in correction of malfunction.

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Direct implementation of planning schedule for installation of central office toll or local switching facilities, or interoffice transmission facilities equipment, like radio, TV, camera, repeaters
Review planning schedule or equipment request data on projected traffic to determine quantities of specific types of equipment required
Plan arrangement of equipment, prepares cost estimates for equipment installation and submits data to management for authorization approval
Prepare drawings equipment specifications for installation
Monitor installation activities to solve any problems concerning arrangement or specifications
Assign equipment installation expenditures to specific program or project accounts
Close out installation authorization when equipment has been tested put in service.

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Conduct studies to develop data required for planning central office switching facilities, and prepares plans and schedules for acquisition and installation of equipment to meet long term current relief requirements
Conduct studies to accumulate information on current services, equipment capacities, current traffic data and estimated acquisition installation costs
Analyze data & forecasts on subscriber demands projected traffic for defining type, size and quantity of switching equipment required
Plan and schedules equipment acquisition, and installation, considering such factors as availability, current future costs, and other economic projections
Review implementation schedules on continuing basis to make sure switching facilities have capacity within objective limits for subscriber demands
Prepare modifications on implementation schedules for acquisition installation of switching equipment due to unforeseen increase or decrease of demands for services.