1. KARL D. SCHNEIDER
4 Plum Ct
Homosassa, FL 34446
Phone: 352-628-9458
Alt Phone: 352-476-9725
kschneider128@tampabay.rr.com
Summary
Detail oriented veteran cable maintenance technician seeks a position as a System
Technician with a company that values skills gained and refined over more than 8 years
of work experience as a Bright House Networks maintenance technician. All
certifications for this position may not be current but have possessed in the past. This
position calls for all skills used on a day-to-day basis while working for Bright House
Networks.
Skills and Qualifications
o Troubleshoot shorts, return noise, outages due to passive and active failures,
analog picture distortions, low telemetry problems, bad cable, bad power
supplies ect…
o Repaired cut coaxial cable and fiber.
o Replaced nodes and optimized them after replacement and as needed after hub
upgrades and because of return issues.
o Balanced coaxial plant amplifiers forward and return.
o Use of Quiver meter for CPD, Acterna STA5000 sweep meter, DSAM 6000
Docsis test meter, OTDR, TDR, cable locator, VOM and light strength meter.
o Worked in hubs cleaning fibers at term shelf, receivers and transmitters.
o Understand hub and head-end operations with level 1 technician capability.
Key Accomplishments
 Maintained hubs in Citrus County to the highest standards in the Tampa Bay
Division.
 Never had a service outage last over 2 hours unless commercial power or
contractors where involved.
 Always had above average or better yearly reviews.
 Many times asked to aid other maintenance technicians to resolve issues.
 Never needed help to resolve any issue unless monitoring intermittent issues or
problems where one man was needed in the hub and one in the field.
 Over the span of 18 years averaged less than 2 days of sick time used except for
temporary leave time used after accident.

2. Work Experience
Sibex Electronics 04/13 to 02/15
Electronics Technician Crystal River, FL
 Soldered both surface mount and through hole components.
 Trouble shot electronic PCB and components and repaired all defects.
 Assembled units and boards following all build diagrams.
 Tested manufactured boards for proper operation.
 Worked as a team member to complete scheduled tasks on time.
 Wrote procedures for assembly and conversion and also packaging of different
products.
 Inspected manufactured goods for defects.
 Assembled cables using both crimp and soldered connections.
 Trouble shot using both schematic diagrams and mechanical diagrams.
 Packaged and shipped completed units to the customers.
 Tracked orders by creating spreadsheets to keep accurate records of orders and
shipments.
 Maintained hard copy files of orders and shipments.
Bright House Networks 08/05 to 02/13
Maintenance Technician Lecanto, FL
 Used online computer based tools to identify and locate network issues.
 Used network based reporting software to acknowledge network alarms and
identify system outages.
 Trouble shot coaxial cable plant for issues causing customer problems.
 Worked on fiber optic nodes including balancing and optimizing.
 Spliced fiber optic line using fusion splicer.
 Trouble shot fiber optic issues using OTDR, light strength meter.
 Spliced coaxial cables both hard line and in home.
 Ran both 24 hour test and system analysis for FCC compliance.
 Worked in hubs to diagnose system issues effecting 1 or more nodes.
 Maintained operated bucket truck to OSHA standards.
 Climbed utility poles to perform maintenance on coaxial cable and amplifiers and
fiber optic nodes.
 Climbed transmission towers to replace and repair lights and antennas.
 Maintained all linesman tools needed to perform duties.
 Repaired outages and system issues effecting Internet, phone, digital cable and
analog cable.
 Design and correct HFC system design.
Education and Training
Community College of the Air Force Basic Electronics Technician Biloxi, MS
Air Force Specialty Internship Journeyman awarded
Springville Griffith Institute High School diploma Springville, NY