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Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers - 49-2021.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Repair, install or maintain mobile or stationary radio transmitting, broadcasting, and receiving equipment, and two-way radio communications systems used in cellular telecommunications, mobile broadband, ship-to-shore, aircraft-to-ground communications, and radio equipment in service and emergency vehicles. May test and analyze network coverage.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

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Tasks

  • Assemble or erect communications towers, using construction or rigging equipment.
  • Bolt equipment into place, using hand or power tools.
  • Check antenna positioning to ensure specified azimuths or mechanical tilts and adjust as necessary.
  • Climb communication towers to install, replace, or repair antennas or auxiliary equipment used to transmit and receive radio waves.
  • Climb towers to access components, using safety equipment, such as full-body harnesses.
  • Complete reports related to project status, progress, or other work details, using computer software.
  • Inspect completed work to ensure all hardware is tight, antennas are level, hangers are properly fastened, proper support is in place, or adequate weather proofing has been installed.
  • Install all necessary transmission equipment components, including antennas or antenna mounts, surge arrestors, transmission lines, connectors, or tower-mounted amplifiers (TMAs).
  • Install or repair tower lighting components, including strobes, beacons, or lighting controllers.
  • Install, connect, or test underground or aboveground grounding systems.
  • Lift equipment into position, using cranes and rigging tools or equipment such as gin poles.
  • Locate tower sites where work is to be performed, using mapping software.
  • Perform maintenance or repair work on existing tower equipment, using hand or power tools.
  • Read work orders, blueprints, plans, datasheets or site drawings to determine work to be done.
  • Replace existing antennas with new antennas as directed.
  • Run appropriate power, ground, or coaxial cables.
  • Take site survey photos or photos of work performed, using digital cameras.
  • Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.
  • Transport equipment to work sites, using utility trucks and equipment trailers.

Detailed Work Activities

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Military Crosswalk Titles

  • Aircraft Command Control Communications and Navigation Systems Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aircraft Communication And Navigation Systems Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • AN/SRC-55(V) HYDRA, ENG WIFCOM, WPCS Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • AN/SSC-12 Shipboard Air Traffic Control Communications (SATCC) Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • AN/TRC-170 Technician (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • AN/TSC-120 Radio Technician (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • AN/WSC-6(V)5 Super High Frequency (SHF) Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Maintenance (Navy - Enlisted)
  • AN/WSC-6(V)7 Combatant Super High Frequency (SHF) Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Maintenance (Navy - Enlisted)
  • AN/WSC-6(V)9 Combatant Super High Frequency (SHF) Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Maintenance (Navy - Enlisted)
  • AN/WSC-8 Super High Frequency (SHF) Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Maintenance (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Combined Shore Communications Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Common Submarine Radio Room (CSRR) Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Communication And Navigation Systems Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Communications Equipment (SRQ-4) Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Communications Equipment (Tactical Data Systems ) Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Digital Wideband Repairer (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Electronic Warfare/Intercept Aviation Systems Repairer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Electronics Maintenance Technician (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • EW/Intercept Strategic Receiving Subsystems/Repairer (Army - Enlisted)
  • EW/Intercept Strategic System Analyst and Command and Control Subsystem Repairer (Army - Enlisted)
  • FFG-7 Class Navigation Electronics Subsystem Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Flight Deck Communications System (FDCS) Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • FLTSATCOM (CUDIXS/DAMA-NAVCOMMSTA) Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Ground Communications Organizational Repairer (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Ground Radio Communications Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Ground Radio Intermediate Repairer (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Ground Radio Repairer (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • High Frequency Direction Finding (HFDF) Hardware Maintenance Tech. (Navy - Enlisted)
  • LHD Class Radio Communications System Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Microwave Systems Operator-Maintainer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Microwave Systems Operator/Repairer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Mobile Maintenance System Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Mobile Systems Facilities Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Multichannel Transmission Systems Operator-Maintainer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Communication Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Radio and Communications Security (COMSEC) Repairer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Radio Repairer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Radio Technician (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • RF Transmission Systems Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • RF Transmission Systems Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • RF Transmission Systems Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • RF Transmission Systems Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Satellite Communications Systems Operator-Maintainer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Satellite, Wideband and Telemetry Systems Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Secure Communications Systems Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Secure Communications Systems Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Secure Communications Systems Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Signal Support Systems Specialist (Army - Enlisted)
  • Single Audio System (SAS) (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Special Electrical Devices Repairer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Special Fixed Communications Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • SSN ECS Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Strategic Systems Repairer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Submarine Radioman Communications (SUBCOMM) Combined Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Submarine Radioman Strategic Communications (STRATEGICOMM) Equipment Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Submarine Radioman Tactical Communications (TACTICOMM) Equipment Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Surface HF Communications Systems Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • SWS Navigation System Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Tactical Communications Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Tactical Remote Sensor System (TRSS) Maintainer (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Tactical Satellite Microwave Systems Operator (Army - Enlisted)
  • Tactical Satellite/Microwave Repairer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Tactical Support Communications (TSCOMM) Replacement Program Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Technical Controller (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • TRIDENT ECS Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • TRIDENT I/II Radio Frequency (RF) Equipment Maintenance Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • TRIDENT Radioman Exterior Comm Sub-Systems Operations and Maint Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • UL Communications Maintainer (Army - Enlisted)
  • VERDIN/ISABPS Communications System Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Wideband Acquisitions and Analysis (WBAA) Hardware Maintenance Tech. (Navy - Enlisted)

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

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DOT Crosswalk Titles

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