Communications Technician - AT & T

Job Description:

JobTitle : Communications Technician
JOBKEYJOBCODE : 19000123
Wage Scale/Schedule/ Class/Level : JP
Time on Assignment (TOA) :
Residency :
Time in Title (TNT) : 30
Job Family : TL
Union Affiliation : AT&T Legacy T - Communication Workers of America
Region : LEGT
GENERAL DUTIES :

The candidate must have an active Top Secret security clearance .Job duties may vary among departments and/or assignments. Additional details concerning
specific positions may be described in associated job duties lists, job descriptions, and/or job
postings.
 
Duties generally include, but are not limited to the following:
Working with various testing equipment, measuring devices, meters and tools in adjusting,
wiring, repairing and maintaining various equipment and systems.

Testing, diagnosing, analyzing, and locating troubles.
 
Installing, repairing, and adjusting equipment and facilities.

Performing routine maintenance including inspecting, cleaning, testing and lubricating.

Keeping detailed records of work activities.

Interpreting at&t-c practices, diagrams, specifications, drawings, and service orders.

Using soldering iron and mechanical connecting tools to terminate or connect wires.
 
Maintaining rectifiers, batteries, and related power equipment.
 
Preparing inputs, processing outputs and operating various computer systems.

Answering telephones, taking messages, referring calls, and directing trouble investigations
with other at&t-c offices, or other telephone companies, and/or clients.

Driving a company vehicle.
 
In outside plant assignments, the following additional functions may be performed:
Identifying wires from test signals.
Splicing wires in various types of cable.
Locating and repairing leaks in pressurized cable.
Cimbing ladders and poles.
 
In radio maintenance assignments, the following additional functional may be performed:
Maintaining and repairing microwave radio and related equipment.
Maintaining, testing, and operating power equipment, emergency engines, and various building
support equipment.
Maintaining buildings and grounds at unattended sites.

In special services assignment, the following additional functions may be performed:
Handling customer contacts, accepting trouble reports, testing circuits, analyzing results
and directing trouble investigations.
Tracking progress of service starts and rearrangements.
 
In switching assignments, the following additional functions may be performed:
Operating computers and other mechanized systems on a daily basis.
Preparing inputs, analyzing outputs, maintaining and repairing various electronic and
electromechanical switching systems.
 
In satellite assignments, the following additional functions may be performed:
Installing, maintaining, and/or repairing at&t and non-at&t satellite earth station equipment.
Operating and maintaining systems associated with satellite tracking, telemetry monitoring and
spacecraft control as well as the transmission/receipt/access control of voice/data/video
communications via satellite earth stations.
 
In network management center, ccs test is required.

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Test Name : Technical Knowledge Test - II (TKT II), Technical Mechanical Test-III (TMT III)
TestApplicability : R, R
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