Cable Installer - Telecommunications

Work site environment

• At heights

Work setting

• Installation
• Maintenance
• Telecommunications company

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Complete and maintain test and service reports
• Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
• Read and interpret blueprints
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Inspect and test trunking systems
• Splice, join and connect wires
• Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
• Maintain and repair aerial and underground transmission systems
• Inspect, test and repair cable signals and associated equipment
• Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
• Install cable modems and software to enable Internet access

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Fibre optics

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Reliability