Fibre Optic Cable Splicer

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Dangerous
• At heights
• Underground
• Confined spaces

Work setting

• Installation
• Urban area
• Maintenance
• Rural area
• Remote location
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Test equipment to locate transmission faults
• 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
• 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

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Working at heights training
• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Fibre optics
• Single line
• Copper
• Splitters
• Aerial and underground cable lines

Area of specialization

• Testing

Additional information

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Client focus

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Other benefits

• Free parking available