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CENTRAL-OFFICE MAINTAINER

Specialty Definition: CENTRAL-OFFICE MAINTAINER

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Occupations

Tests, analyzes defects, and repairs telephone circuits and equipment in central office of telephone company, using test meters and handtools: Locates electrical, electronic, and mechanical failures in telephone switching equipment, using milliammeter boxes, schematic drawings, computer printouts, or trouble tickets. Installs, repairs, and adjusts equipment, such as switches, relays, and amplifiers, using handtools. Removes connections on wire distributing frames and solders or splices wires to terminal lugs, following diagrams [FRAME WIRER (tel. & tel.)]. May maintain telephone switching equipment at private establishments, such as hotels and office buildings [PRIVATE-BRANCH-EXCHANGE REPAIRER (tel. & tel.)]. May diagnose, isolate, and clear electrical faults in circuit [TROUBLE LOCATOR, TEST DESK (tel. & tel.)]. When servicing equipment for intercommunity telephone lines, may be designated Toll Repairer, Central Office (tel. & tel.). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CENTRAL-OFFICE MAINTAINER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 45 4E 54 52 41 4C 2D 4F 46 46 49 43 45      4D 41 49 4E 54 41 49 4E 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01000101 01001110 01010100 01010010 01000001 01001100 00101101 01001111 01000110 01000110 01001001 01000011 01000101 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001001 01001110 01010100 01000001 01001001 01001110 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#82 &#65 &#76 &#45 &#79 &#70 &#70 &#73 &#67 &#69 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#84 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0045 004E 0054 0052 0041 004C 002D 004F 0046 0046 0049 0043 0045      004D 0041 0049 004E 0054 0041 0049 004E 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3739485452354615494040433739247354348543543483952

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