Fibre Technicians at TTC Mobile

The Job will involve the following functions;

• Ability to conduct site surveys for the installation of drop (last-mile) cabling.
• Liaise with the customer and ipNX sales team to determine the preferred location of customer modem (CPE) in the building.
• Liaise with the Outside Plant Supervisor and the Supply Chain Management team to sign out required activation materials (e.g drop cable) from the store.
• Employ the service of casual labourers for minor civil works where required in laying the drop cable.
• Ensure drop cable is correctly and neatly installed from the nearest access terminal indoors/outdoors into the customer’s residence.
• Measure the Db loss of fibre cabling using the appropriate tools.
• Do minor troubleshooting with light source and power meter to ensure the optic fibre connection Db loss is within range to achieve an excellent connection.
• Do minor corrective procedures such as cleaning optic fibre connectors, couplers, re-splicing the drop cable or replacing the drop cable.
• Install and make the interconnection between the drop cable and the customer’s modem (CPE).
• Test and commission the CPE with the supervision of the ipNX NOC.
• Sign-off with the customer.
• Complete all required documentation to ensure inventory databases are accurate.

Non Technical Skills

• Ability to engage customers, customer focus, timeliness, being target driven, quality consciousness, ability to work without supervision and ability to lead a small team to deliver on targets.

Technical skills

• Ability to use fibre optic tools such as optical light source, optical power meter, splicing tool and Optical
• Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) will be an added advantage. Ability to use the computer and Microsoft office applications is a key requirement.
• Experience in the installation of any type of cabling such as Cable TV, fixed telephone lines and DSL will be an added advantage.
• Quick learners are preferred, since this will require working on new technology.

Education Qualifications

• Minimum of Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in science or engineering related courses.
• Exceptions may be made in the case of those who studied other disciplines but with field experience in the installation of optic fibre cabling.