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Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations

23125 Cable Splicer

Installs, maintains, repairs, and modifies cable systems. Uses engineered drawings, statements of work, and technical manuals to determine requirements for underground, buried, and aerial cable systems. Prepares and installs distribution equipment. Terminates tip cables on main distribution frames. Installs, maintains, and repairs dry air compressors and continuous flow and static pressurization systems. Ensures techniques, materials, and accomplishments are according to technical standards, and specifications and engineered directives. Locates, repairs, and/or replaces splice cases. Performs pneumatic troubleshooting to locate faulty splice cases and pressure component assemblies, using resistance measurements and pressure gradients. Repairs pressure component assemblies and adjusts pressure contractors. Determines course of signal deterioration in voice and data circuits over cable by using test equipment. Interprets compressure meter readings and adjusts controls. Troubleshoots pneumatic and electrical malfunctions in cable air-dryer compressors.