Cable Installer - Telecommunications

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights

Work setting

• Installation
• Telecommunications company
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Splice, join and connect wires
• Repair or replace defective telephone equipment
• Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
• Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

• Trunking system

Equipment and machinery experience

• Fibre optics
• Copper
• Amplifiers

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Vehicle supplied by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

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

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Initiative
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Team player
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Client focus