Overview
Telecommunications Linesworkers install, maintain and repair external telecommunication equipment such as aerial lines, conduits and underground cables, radio and mobile phone antennae, and limited items of terminal equipment.
Day-to-day
- installs cabling for telephone, radio, pay tv and computer transmission
- joins cables and seals sheaths with lead and thermoplastic
- erects, tests and maintains aerial and underground wires and cables, and radio and mobile phone antennae
- installs telecommunications equipment and appliances such as telephones, switchboards and data transmission equipment.
Considerations
- Working outdoors
- Stressful
To become a Telecommunications Linesworker
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You can work as a Telecommunications Linesworker without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. A certificate II or III in telecommunications technology might be helpful.
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