Job address
US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Arts, AV/Technology, & Communications
occupation category
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Operates vehicles within the legal speed limit and following all traffic rules and laws
- Identifies and mitigates environmental hazards (i.e. tree trimming, rodent infestations, erosion)
- Performs station switching
- Selects appropriate components, cable sealants and compounds, joint bays, water cooling systems, using correct methods for insulating components and wires
- Abides by applicable standards, regulations, laws, and safety practices
- Conducts tests of voltage and current and records results
- Works with management to ensure organization procedures/standards are adequate and meet regulatory requirements, ensure worker feedback is solicited and used in suggestions on how to create a safe, more effective work environment
- Follows regular maintenance schedule for heavy equipment, documenting when the maintenance was performed and any findings and concerns
- Maintains equipment and tools properly, including cleaning them, testing their operation and accuracy, replacing batteries and storing them properly
- Communicates clearly with supervisors, peers, emergency responders, dispatchers and the public
- Reports safety hazards per company procedures, and ensure ongoing safety concerns are tracked and reported until corrective action is taken
- Selects and uses test equipment such as infrared and thermal equipment, and core samplers
- Installs ground wire on wood poles based on industry standards and regulations to provide a path to ground for electrical surges
- Traces source of fault when abnormal readings occur
- Strings overhead conductors properly and safely
- Sags overhead conductors
- Documents the repair completely and accurately
- Digs hole to required depth according to industry standard using equipment such as digger derricks, hydro-vacuums, excavators and shovels
- Informs maintenance personnel about repair and required follow-up
- Communicates abnormal readings with appropriate personnel
- Ensures that appropriate number of workers are on the job to prevent injury and to enable completion of the work
- Communicates to supervisor when tools or equipment are not functioning properly or need to be replaced
- Checks pole stamp information such as length, class, treatment type and pole type to ensure the pole meets job requirements
- Ensures bucket and ground personnel work cooperatively to ensure safe installation procedures are followed during overheard installations
- Inspects and uses slings, shackles and hoists
- Replaces fall protection equipment upon signs of excessive wear or damage
- Recognizes deficiencies such as loose connections, broken insulators and grounds
- Identifies overhead work hazards such as foreign debris, broken poles, insulators, tie wires and crossarm
- Installs steel structure guy wires and anchors
- Inspects meters and calibrates against standards, if necessary
- Ensures that necessary parts, equipment and protective gear is at hand prior to starting a job
- Maintains poles and steel structures
- Inspects and maintains fall protection equipment
- Ensures that appropriate ropes, rigging, harnesses and similar devices are on hand and in good working order prior to beginning the job
- Performs load checks to identify imbalanced and overloaded circuit
- Reports findings of inspection to prioritize repair
- Determines pole location and ensures holes are dug, poles set to proper depth, and properly aligned
- Drills holes straight and level at required spacing based on industry standards
- Installs pole guys and anchors; attachment; breakers/rods, etc.
- Installs and assembles steel structure
- Splices overhead conductors
- Operates overhead and/or underground transmission systems
- Repairs overhead and/or underground transmission systems
- Identifies sources of energy/power
- Inspects and uses fall arrest equipment such as body harnesses, lanyards and anchor slings
- Checks vehicles for fitness of operation, including fuel levels, tire pressure, etc.
- Attaches hardware and equipment such as guy hooks, pole top pins, crossarms, switches and transformers according to standards
- Digs trenches appropriately, using equipment and safety precautions
- Provides good customer service, including answering questions and communicating clearly, and showing proper identification
- Inspects equipment and tools to ensure that they are functioning properly and in good working order
- Places pole in hole using equipment such as digger derricks and cranes, plumb pole, backfill and tamp hole
- Applies diagnostic tools and skills to identify and repair sources fault; installs updated equipment or components; or performs preventative maintenance
- Correctly identifies tools and equipment necessary for the job at hand
- Follows organizational procedures for setting up and maintaining a safe job-site
- Performs a hazards assessment, records and communicates results
- Visually inspects poles, structures, footings and apparatus such as transformers, disconnects and capacitors to maintain system’s integrity
- Uses equipment that prevents free fall distances from exceeding 6 feet (per OSHA requirements)
- Directs traffic flow safely around site, and ensures proper procedures are followed for placing flags, signs, cones, and flares
- Operates overhead and/or underground distribution system
- Uses lock-out/ tag-out procedures when necessary
- Communicates hazard information to concerned parties such as co-workers, other work groups and the public
- Eliminates hazards by using methods such as de-energizing, grounding and removing back-feed potential
- Repairs overhead and/or underground distribution systems
- Communicates with property owners or others affected, as needed, about the nature of the work
- Ties knots based on planned use of lines and rigging
- Distinguishes between normal and abnormal readings
- Properly assembles and uses handlines, including the use of appropriate knots and splices and line handling techniques
- Ties in overhead conductors
- Installs pole setting devices such as pole cribbing and rock mounts according to soil condition
- Inspects, replaces and maintains cables and cable insulation
- Climbs properly using appropriate safety devices and following safety procedure
- Participates in organization policy/procedure development and information training
- Reviews material safety data sheets, instruction manuals and/or policies and procedures manual to be prepared for emergency situations, such as spills, environmental releases, fire or personal injury
- Collects, inspects and maintains positioning device equipment (gaffs, body belt, pole choker)
- Adjusts work procedures such as the use of tools and equipment according to potential environmental hazards
- Minimizes hazards by using signage and protective barriers such as barricades
