Cable Installer - Telecommunications

Work site environment

• At heights
• Confined spaces

Work setting

• Installation
• Maintenance
• Repair
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Test equipment to locate transmission faults
• Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
• Complete and maintain test and service reports
• Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
• Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

Own tools/equipment

• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Excellent oral communication
• Initiative

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)