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Construction Tech - Gearheart
Title: Construction Tech
Company: Gearheart
Location: Harold, Kentucky
Department: Telephone Construction
Duties & Responsibilities
- Note differences in wire and cable colors so that work can be performed correctly.
- Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.
- Inspect equipment on a regular basis in order to ensure proper functioning.
- Communicate with bases, using telephones or two-way radios to receive instructions or technical advice, or to report equipment status.
- Collaborate with other workers in order to locate and correct malfunctions.
- Climb poles and ladders, use truck-mounted booms in order to install, maintain, or inspect equipment.
- Run wires between components and to outside cable systems, connecting them to wires from telephone poles or underground cable accesses.
- Measure distances from landmarks to identify exact installation sites for equipment.
- Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
- Read and interpret plans, instructions, and specifications to determine work activities.
- Control traffic passing near, in, and around work zones.
- Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials.
- Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, and compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, and rakes.
- Measure, mark, and record openings and distances to lay out areas where construction work will be performed.
- Load, unload, and identify building materials, machinery, and tools, and distribute them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans and specifications.
- Erect and disassemble large poles and other temporary structures.
- Maintains and secures CTC truck and equipment
- Drive CTC vehicle in a safe and responsible manner
- On call emergency outages
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements: CDL Class B
Hours: M-F 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Pay: $12.00 per hr. starting out. Will consider education & experience. We promote from within
Benefits: Health, dental, vision, life and accident insurance, 401k, 50% Discount on services