On-Site Field Technician: Fiber & Wireless Installations

Socket.dev; Fairbanks (AK); On-site; USD 62,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Alaska Communications is seeking a Field Technician to install and maintain all services, facilities, and products in assigned areas, including terrestrial copper and fiber, wireless towers, and related equipment. The role requires a high school diploma, a valid driver's license, and four years of training or equivalent experience, plus the ability to read schematics and climb poles.

Full-time employment in Alaska with competitive hourly pay between $45.31 and $51.03, plus standard benefits.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma and must possess and maintain a driver’s license.
• Four (4) years training in a relevant telephone apprentice program or equivalent experience leading to journeyman level performance in this specialty, with two (2) years' experience in the skills and work this position will typically perform.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and diagrams.
• Ability to climb and perform work functions on poles and to differentiate colors.

Responsibilities

• Complete service orders, repair orders, capital work orders, and maintenance work.
• Complete Line Station Transfers and cuts.
• Install and qualify data cabling to the current specifications.
• Installs all business and residential station wiring and establishes the demarcation point.
• Makes preventive maintenance inspections to determine potential deterioration in service.
• Installs aerial and underground drops and does underground drop location. Splices to plant as required.
• Corrects deficiencies in wiring by splicing or replacing to include distribution, house cables, station wiring, or underground, as well as aerial drops.

Skills

Reading schematics

Color vision

Pole climbing

Driver's license

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Alaska Communications is seeking a Field Technician to install and maintain all services, facilities, and products in assigned areas, including terrestrial copper and fiber, wireless towers, and related equipment. The role requires a high school diploma, a valid driver's license, and four years of training or equivalent experience, plus the ability to read schematics and climb poles.

Full-time employment in Alaska with competitive hourly pay between $45.31 and $51.03, plus standard benefits.