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Test communications equipment to ensure proper functioning

Inspecting and monitoring in person means noticing what's off with your own eyes, ears and hands, and being accountable for calling it.

Part of Test performance of equipment or systems, under the O*NET work activity group Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 5 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Test connections to ensure that power supplies are adequate and that communications links function.Stays human Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
• Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.Stays human Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
• Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.Stays human Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
• Test equipment functions such as signal strength and quality, transmission capacity, interference, and signal delay, using equipment such as oscilloscopes, circuit analyzers, frequency meters, and wattmeters.Stays human Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment, such as digital subscriber line modems.Stays human Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers