Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Adjustable widemouth pliers
• Battery testers (Battery analyzers)
• Stripping tools (Bayonet Neill-Concelman BNC cable strippers)
• Lug crimping tool dies (Bayonet Neill-Concelman BNC crimpers)
• Levels (Bubble levels)
• Soldering irons or guns (Butane soldering irons)
• Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
• Hammers (Claw hammers)
• Signal generators (Color bar generators)
• Power drills (Cordless drills)
• Wire lug crimping tool (Crimping lugs)
• Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter (Decibel meters)
• Multimeters (Digital multimeters)
• Ohmmeters (Digital ohmmeters)
• Oscilloscopes (Digital oscilloscopes)
• Voltage or current meters (Digital voltmeters DVM)
• Soldering irons or guns (Electric soldering irons)
• Electrical frequency meters
• Ladders (Extension ladders)
• Power meters (Fiber optics testers)
• Field strength measuring equipment (Field strength meters)
• Screwdrivers (Flat blade screwdrivers)
• Fish tape (Flexible wire pullers)
• Power drills (Hammer drills)
• Electronic measuring probes (Inductive probes)
• Screwdrivers (Jeweler's flat blade screwdrivers)
• Screwdrivers (Jeweler's Phillips screwdrivers)
• Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
• Needlenose pliers
• Socket sets (Offset socket wrench sets)
• Reflectometers (Optical time domain reflectometers OTDR)
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
• Manlift or personnel lift (Personnel lifts)
• Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
• Video monitors (Portable video monitors)
• Phasemeters (Precision phasemeters)
• Razor knives
• Scaffolding (Rolling scaffolds)
• Wire lug crimping tool (Spade lugs)
• Staple guns
• Telephony equipment service observing units (Telephone test sets)
• Signal generators (Tone generators)
• Oscilloscopes (Vectorscopes)
• Ohmmeters (Volt-ohm meters VOM)
• Wire cutters (Wire cutting tools)
• Fish tape (Wire pullers)

Technologies Include:

• Electronic mail software

• Microsoft Outlook

• Network monitoring software

• Traceroute

• Platform interconnectivity software

• Microsoft Hyperterminal

• Spreadsheet software

• Microsoft Excel

• Word processing software

• Microsoft Word

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)