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Telecommunications Cable Jointer

OFO Code: 672202

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

OFO code
672202
Occupation
Telecommunications Cable Jointer
Classification
OFO 2021
Major group
SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
Unit group
6722 · Information and Communications Technology Installers and Servicers and Related Occupations

Official description
Information and communications technology (ICT) installers and servicers and related occupations install, repair and maintain telecommunications equipment, data transmission equipment, cables, antennae and conduits, and operate telecommunications equipment and data transmission equipment and repair, fit and maintain computers.

More official OFO detail

Specialisations: Fibre Optics Jointer, Fibre Optic Cable Splicer

  • Joining telecommunications and data cables and sealing sheathes
  • Maintaining, troubleshooting, testing and repairing computers, data transmission equipment and computer peripherals
  • Fitting and adjusting computer hardware
  • Providing technical advice and information, and monitoring the performance of complex telecommunications networks and equipment
  • Installing, maintaining and repairing antennae used in communications
  • Installing and repairing cabling for computer, radio, telephone and television transmission
  • Installing, maintaining, repairing, and diagnosing malfunctions of microwave, telemetry, multiplexing, satellite and other radio and electromagnetic wave communications systems

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