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Telephone Maintenance Mechanic:
Repairs,
installs, and
tests communication equipment, such as public address and intercommunication systems, wired burglar alarms, switchboards, telephones, and related apparatus, including coin collectors, telephone booths, and switching keys, using schematic diagrams, testing devices, and hand tools.
Installs equipment according to layout plans and
connects units with inside and outside service wires.
Keeps equipment maintained, and analyzes operational malfunctioning with testing devices, such as oscilloscopes, generators, meters, and electric bridges, to locate and diagnose nature of defect and ascertain repairs to be made. Examines mechanism and disassembles components to replace, clean, adjust, or repair parts, wires, switches, relays, circuits, or signaling units, using hand tools. Operates and tests equipment to ensure elimination of malfunction. May climb poles to install or repair outside service lines. May repair cables, lay out plans for new equipment, and estimate material required. (Source: eDOT Job Description)
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A renter's cost of living for someone making $57,237 in Burien, Washington is 108.6% of the US National Average. For more information, or to compare cost of living data between two cities,
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