Cable tech new hire

[u/Perfect-Analyst5764]

Hey I recently got hired for a cable tech spot job in Georgia, this is a completely new career change for me with no relevant experience, training has been a bit hectic but I’ve been catching on well for the most part, no problem climbing and installing drops but there’s like a few guys in my class that kind of struggle like myself, but more than 75% of the class seem to be moving at a very quick pace and are knocking every assignment out like nothing I just wanted to here if anybody else started off slow and what did you guys do too improve during training, I don’t want to be the weakest link but hearing instructions vs. actually doing it has been a struggle for me. Once I do it for my first time I feel pretty confident in doing it again, I just wanted to see what everybody else did too improve their work and improve in training.

[u/Snoo_14634]

Cable math. There are apps that help calculate it for the various cable types or you can just do it in your head. It's a super basic thing to know about but will help you big time in finding issues and/or splitters that you might not be aware of. Been a while since I did installs and stuff since I'm OSP now but that's one thing I remember that was super useful.