Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
SOC Code: 49-9052
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairerss set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 85.6/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Critical Thinking, Critical Thinking, Speaking.
AI-Proof Score: 85.6 — Very High
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Median Salary
$70,500
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Job Growth
-3.1%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Critical Thinking
- •Speaking
- •Troubleshooting
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Complex Problem Solving
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Quality Control Analysis
Common Tasks
- ✓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.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation