Job Description:

• 1) Splices conductor cables used to lower electrical testing or surveying instruments into oil or gas wells or boreholes, using handtools: Unwraps armor strands from end of cable.

• 2) Strips insulation from stranded conductor cable, using stripping pliers.

• 3) Cuts ends of conductor cable, using pliers.

• 4) Clamps cable ends together in vise to form butt joint.

• 5) Solders joint, using silver solder and iron.

• 6) Wraps joint with insulating tape to form smooth insulation of same diameter as original cable.

• 7) Wraps armor strands over joint.

• 8) Trims ends of armor strands, using cutters, to form smooth butt joints and solders joints, using silver solder and iron.

• 9) May test conductor cables, using equipment, such as voltmeters and capacity and resistance bridges.