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Overhead Installation Quality Audit Checklist

Use this telecom checklist to audit overhead installations on poles in line with PIA. Inspect pole location and safety zones, confirm tubes and cables are behind capping up to 2.3 m, verify DP fittings at the correct height, labels with PIANOI and VM, and fixings at 450 mm intervals. Capture multiple photos, record pass or fail, and sign off. Guidance references pole classifications including SD red shallow depth, C green shallow climbable, H orange hazard with MEWP access only, and Z green safe climb zone.

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