An outside plant technician, or lineman, performs maintenance on outdoor plant communication equipment and cabling systems for voice, data, and video imaging. Your responsibilities in this job include installing, testing, troubleshooting, and repairing the cable and fiber network. Other duties include the installation of wire strands and cables from poles. You perform fiber optic cable fusion-splicing using the best techniques, and splice and seal copper cable. Some jobs require the use of construction equipment to dig holes for each pole and bury cables. You perform site surveys as needed, provide documentation to clients showing the work that was done, listing all materials, labor, and tooling used, and perform a final job walk with the client to ensure customer satisfaction.