Communications Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

Provides Monthly Operations and Maintenance (O&M) for a Base Telecommunications System (BTS) in support of a base telephone voice switching system (VSS), Outside Plant (OSP) and Inside Plant (ISP) systems, and associated equipment. Individual must be able to attain and maintain a valid U.S. Government security clearance (Secret) in order to be retained in the position.

Duties & Responsibilities

Includes but not limited to the following :

• Perform the full range of services related to copper and fiber cable installation, termination, repair, marking, cutover, and splicing procedures.
• Perform Monthly Maintenance including Periodic Maintenance Inspections (PMI) and repair of manholes, hand holes, pedestals, and building entrance terminals.
• Perform Work Orders including customer interface, conducting site survey, development of materials requirement, documentation, and implementation.
• Provide location, staking, and marking services on BTS encased and direct buried conduit / cables, manholes, hand holes, pedestals, etc.
• Verify correct location of BTS infrastructure using Global Positioning System (GPS) and update Cable Assignment Information Retrieval System (CAIRS) database with descriptive information.
• Provide descriptive information red line drawing and input updates into the Cyberspace Visualization Component (CVC) system data entry.
• Install and test all cable and components and provide record test results, IAW accepted industry standards.
• Install electrical and communications cable, conduits, and circuits IAW the NEC.
• Clearly label each end of every individual cable in accordance with the floor plans or engineering drawings at time of install.
• Provide and place cable tags (labels) that are durable and legible.
• When use of aerial cables is approved, installation and test shall be IAW accepted industry standards, unless superseded by a Government approved IS.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor

Education & Experience Requirements

Skill & Certification Requirements