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Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.

$64,640
Median Pay
Less than 6 months
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AI Resilience Score

Score 3/6: low AI task exposure, declining job demand means AI will assist but humans remain essential

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AI Exposure
Low+2

3% of tasks can be accelerated by AI

Job Growth
Declining+0

-3% projected (2024-2034)

Human Advantage
Moderate+1

EPOCH score: 14/25

Total Score3/6
Methodology: v2.0 - GPTs are GPTs / BLS / EPOCH Additive ScoringUpdated: 2026-01-09
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Key Responsibilities

  • Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
  • Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.
  • Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.
  • Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
  • Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.
  • Access specific areas to string lines, or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
  • Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.
  • String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches, and pull lines to proper tension.
  • Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
  • Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduits running through trenches.

Education & Training

Typical Entry Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Time to Job Ready

0-1 years

Based on Job Zone 2. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.

Technology Skills

Cable testing equipmentGIS/mapping softwareMicrosoft OfficeWork order systemsSafety documentation

Key Abilities

Oral ComprehensionOral ExpressionNear VisionProblem SensitivityArm-Hand SteadinessExtent FlexibilityManual DexterityMultilimb CoordinationDeductive ReasoningInformation Ordering

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Compensation Details

$40,180
10th Percentile
$64,640
Median
$101,120
90th Percentile

Based on 98,950 employed workers

Also Known As

Aerial InstallerAerial LinemanBlock CablemanBroadband Cable InstallerBroadband Cable SpecialistBroadband TechnicianBuried Wire TechnicianCable AssemblerCable InspectorCable Installation Tech (Cable Installation Technician)

Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

O*NET Code: 49-9052.00