------------- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work setting
---------------- Installation
Maintenance
Telecommunications company
Tasks
--------- Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
Read blueprints to determine work requirements
Test equipment to locate transmission faults
Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
Instruct apprentices
Complete and maintain test and service reports
Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
Determine work assignments
Install cable modems and software to enable Internet access
Maintain and repair aerial and underground transmission systems
Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
Splice, join and connect wires
Repair or replace defective telephone equipment