Wireless Hybrid Technician
Key Performance Objectives
Wireless Responsibilities:
- Interface with coordinators, management, Logistics to manage the work successfully
- Ensure a high quality of workmanship includes:
- Installation (Radio’s, antenna’s, router and other devices)
- Fault finding and resolving faults. (Maintenance)
- Conduct Site surveys
- Ensure accurate documentation of planning surveys
- Mange site materials and deliverables
- Daily Adherence to administrative duties (including timesheet submission, project feedback, material control and expenditure control)
Fibre Responsibilities:
- Identification of weak spots in the network that are high risk
- Protect weak spots until it can be rectified, not allowing access
- Rectify/ remedy cutting over cables and/or cutting in new joints
- Maintain shortest timelines between temporary and permanent repairs
- Perform splicing and repairs on optical cables
- Perform a variety of tasks including operating tools and equipment used for installation and testing of fiber optic networks.
Transmission Responsibilities:
- Maintenance of fibre networks and transmission equipment
- Perform Remote Hand Support (RHS)
- Familiar with the use of various test equipment, e.g. OTDR, Transmission Analyzers, Optical power meters, etc.
- Systems level trouble shooting on fiber optic telecommunications transmission equipment
Qualification
- Matric
- Fibre Optic Association (FOA) certified
- Minimum qualification is a National diploma N6, S4, T3 in electrical light-current/electronics engineering or similar
- DWDM certification is an advantage
- Radwin/Huawei or any other Radio training
- Any technical tertiary qualification is advantageous
Experience:
- 5-7 years’ experience in telecommunication roles,
- Experience in Wireless, Fibre maintenance and Transmission.
- Radio frequency (RF) installation work experience a must, preferably within the GSM industry
- Knowledge of Optical test instruments, Transmission devices and configurations.
- Strong analytical skills for troubleshooting and diagnostics.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach.
- Computer literate
- Valid driver’s license
- Experienced in compiling reports and diagnosis of faults
- Technical knowledge of DWDM based optical transmission systems
- Extensive experience in transmission equipment, fibre optic splicing and testing.
Job Requirement
Must be able and willing to do standby
- Health and Safety on site and adherence to the law regarding Health and Safety
- Sound understanding of DWDM, SDH transmission systems
- Experienced in compiling reports and diagnosis of faults
- Familiar with the use of various test equipment, e.g. OTDR, Transmission Analyzers, Optical power meters, etc.
- Ability to follow detailed instructions and learn the use of new test equipment
- Knowledge of computers and data communications. IP network experience a plus
- Daily Risk Assessment and Hazard Identification
- Submit of all fault reports and inspections done
- To comply with any further instructions or requirements of a reasonable nature that may be given by senior management from time to time