Elliott Truss

trusselliott@yahoo.com

(661) 317-7633

 

Skills:

 

·               Fiber Optic & Copper Splicing, Wireless, Tower Work, Cell Sites, DAS, Central Office Installer/Level IV, GO95 & GO128 CAT 5&6,Underground Utility Locate, ArcGIS, Auto Cad, Reading Prints, Fiber Optic Tester, Inspector, Field Engineer, OSP Engineer, Locator, Construction, Internet Savvy, Proficient in MS Word, Excel and Power Point, Dependable, Detail Oriented, Works well under pressure

 

 

Education

 

·               Certification in Telecommunications/Fiber Optics & Copper Cable Splicing, 4.0., 1990 – 1992

·               Certification in Basic Electronics, EL Camino JC Terrence, Ca. 1984 – 1985

·               High School Diploma, Leroy Allen Locke HS, Los Angeles, CA, 1980

 

 

Work Experience:

 

CHC Consulting – Valley Central, CaliforniaMar 2015 to June 2015

Field Engineer

 

·               Inspect New and Old JPA poles all aspects GO95, OCAL, Tags, Anchors, Distribution Arms. Drops. Prescribe Make Ready recommendations from point A to C, from Ariel to underground, manholes, vaults, pull box etc.  

·               Stick drawings, As-Built and findings of all work required for pole transfers of Terminals, Strands, Cable (Electric, Telco, CATV, Fiber and Guys) Landscape, Walls, Fence issues specific work required to remove pole and R/R (Remove and Replace).Note pole out of lead recommend extension arm or distribution arm, trenching or jack and bore and removal of old pole.

 

 

Pinnacle/AT&T - Palmdale, CAMar 2013 to Sep 2014

Field Inspector

 

·               California Scenic Hwy Project, view all ACM, GO95 Aerial Construction Facilities, GO 128 Underground Construction Facilities, JPA,  Cell Sites, Co Locations, Terminals, Buildings, SDU, MDUs  Poles using MIC, Aires, GIS, adding layers and removal of facilities that did not exist or removed Field View, Matrix, FMS,  Snipping tool.

·               Document all findings and exclusions etc  Line Extensions, Cable Replacements, Over-lashing, New Strands and Fiber Travel to Wire Centers throughout Southern California to view paper maps or mylar for finding not digitized as of yet.

 

 

4G/Nexius/Clearwire - Kansas City, MOMar 2012 to Mar 2013

Technician/Inataller

 

·               Programmed, Dragonwave, Red-Line, E-band and Motorola Microwave.

·               Configured and, aligned Microwave Equipment, Horizon Duo and Compact IDU System.

·               Cross referenced Link Configurations, Azimuth, TX power, Frequencies and, Polarity, Loopback testing (JDSU) testing cat5e, coax (Fluke)

 

 

Sonus - Lancaster, CAJan 2011 to Mar 2011

Field Engineer

 

·               Site surveys measurements and footage of further cabling, Took pictures of floor plans, as-built ,

·               Termination and wreck outs, uploaded documents & findings via laptop to

 

 

GALIATH - Los Angeles, CAOct 2008 to Aug 2010

Supervisor/Installer

 

·               DAS, Installation of transmitters and receivers, Alarms, Power, Network cabling (Coax, Copper & Fiber) to NIU (Network Interface Unit) HUB to Cell Site, Termination of cable Labeling and Power Up and Fire Stops.

·               Supervised two crews of four

 

 

AT&T/Mountain Ltd - Alhambra, CAJuly 2007 to July 2008

Lead Field Engineer

 

·               U-Verse project, pre-field jobs (as builds) stick drawings, observe cable count before and after cuts, SFDs, MDUs, JPA, Building,  Built terminals, handholes, manholes, aireal, underground (GO95, GO128) SAI'S, VRADS  Surveyed cable legs from beginning to end 

·               Worked with computer to download all finding & pictures  Completed worksheets &drawings working closely with Plant Engineers

 

 

AT&T – Sacramento, CA                                                                                                                Dec 2006 to April 2007

Inspector

 

·               Inspection of V-Rad construction, Cabinets, New and existing SAIs, halos, grounding, concrete pours, anchoring, City Specs and OSHA  

 

 

FJS/Time Warner - Palmdale, CAMay 2004 to Oct 2006

Inspector

 

·               Inspection of buried plant construction and installation, MDUs, SFDs, Buildings  Inspection of 2" conduits, laterals, sweeps, shadings, drops underground and aireil, grounding requirements, amps and dead ends  Inspection of pole transfers, concrete cuts and R/R G.O 95, as well as GO128 Read prints, and changed as needed

 

 

OSP/Q-West Communications - Richardson, TXMay 2001 to Dec 2002

Inspector/Fiber Optic Tester

 

·               Ran all tests on fiber, Chromatic Dispersion, Power Meter, Log DB Loss  Hotcuts-testing fiber after spliced  Sent traces to home office viva laptop using Word & Excel 

·               Checked aireil fiber to insure specs for GO 95 were followed and tagged

 

 

T.G.F. Communications - Carson, CAJan 2000 to Mar 2001

Lead Installer/Central Office

 

·               Familiarity to cover MOP for job requirements  Insured safe work procedures followed per OSHA  Start-ups, fiber splicing, structured cabling, Iron work, Racks, troubleshot and repair

 

 

Telpro Technologies Inc - Burbank, CAFeb 1999 to Dec 2000

Office Central Installer

 

·               Took inventory of supplies  Followed MOP 

·               Installed RC 28, OC 48, Camtofs, DAX 4-5 DXS 3's and Power Cuts 

·               Routing of cable in the CO  Used color code in installation of bays & wire wrapping, as well as punch down, Iron Work

 

 

Total Recall Construction – Southern, CA                                                                                   Feb 1996 to Sept 2006

Owner/Contractor

 

·               General Contractor- Remodeled homes, kitchens, bathrooms, add on, flooring, foundations, plumbing electric, re- piping, ran crew of six men and sub-contractors hired for specific jobs, dealt with city inspectors, ordering supplies, maintained paper work  payroll etc. conducted all safety inspections wrote out MOP (Method of Procedures) also SOWs (Scoop of Work)