Job Description:

• 1) Locates malfunctions in telephone or telegraph lines, using switchboard composed of electrical testing instruments, and coordinates maintenance crew's work to remove malfunction: Tests lines to find cause and location of malfunction, using switchboard equipped with audible and visual alarms and electrical testing devices, such as voltmeter and resistance meter.

• 2) Reports nature of trouble to inside and outside maintenance crews and directs and coordinates trouble-clearing activities.

• 3) May dispatch maintenance crews to malfunctioning area.

• 4) May contact subscribers to investigate reported trouble.