Wade Magwood

3626 Bayview Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11224

C: (646) 831-5298

wademagwood@yahoo.com

 

 

Objective:              To acquire a position in a field that will freely utilize my years of experience in customer service, phone repair, underground and aerial maintenance and construction.

 

 

EDUCATION:              John Dewey High School                                                                      Brooklyn, NY

              Diploma Received June 1988

 

             

 

EXPERIENCE:              5/2009 – 9/2012                            Lineman – Verizon Communications

              Brooklyn, New York

             

·         Construct and Maintain underground telecommunication infrastructure

·         Operate heavy duty equipment and hand tools in the installation and removal of fiber optic and copper cables

·         Place and remove wood and composite poles

·         Install and repair telephone wires and cables according to diagrams

·         Utilize test equipment to check for gas and other toxins in manholes

·         Operate compressors, pumps and blowers

 

 

              9/1999 – 5/2009                            Cable Splicing Technician – Verizon Communications

Brooklyn, New York

 

·         Read and analyze complex schematic drawings to determine proper sequence of tasks

·         Perform work inside and outside in connection with telephone service between the central office and customer premises

·         Repair and maintain outside cable facilities

·         Identify color coded and tone identified wires in the connection of wires and cables to other telephone equipment

·         Splice and test wire connectors in aerial, underground, submarine and building cable

·         Prepare newly installed cables and conductors preparatory to splicing

·         Identify cable sections according to diagrams and specifications by means of tone

 

 

2/1997 – 9/1999                            Services Technician – Verizon Communications

Brooklyn, New York                                         

 

·         Analyze and clear basic cable trouble in PIC cable, aerial and buried

·         Promote improved customer service by demonstrating and making an effort to sell services, report illegal use of equipment and unauthorized connections

·         Install, remove, change and repair wiring and associated equipment at customer premises

·         Read and Interpret service orders and circuit diagrams

·         Prepare detailed written reports of daily work activity, customer billing and employee time reports

 

 

             

SKILLS/TRAINING:

·         Completed Lineman Training School – May 2009

·         Completed Splicing Training – September 1999

·         Installation and Repair Training – February 1997

·         Maintain Coal Burning Furnace for New York City Department of Education

·         Repair and maintain railroad tracks for New York City Transit Authority