Installation Service Technician - Cable Television

Work site environment

• At heights

Work setting

• Installation
• Maintenance
• On-site customer service
• Testing
• Various locations
• Repair
• Service

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
• Inspect, test and repair cable signals and associated equipment
• Maintain and repair aerial and underground transmission systems
• Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
• Inspect and test trunking systems
• Complete and maintain test and service reports
• Read and interpret blueprints
• Inspect and test operation of telecommunications equipment
• Diagnose and locate equipment faults, and adjust, replace or repair telecommunications equipment
• Install, arrange, remove and maintain telephone equipment, wiring and associated hardware
• Install electromechanical, analog and digital trunking systems, circuits and equipment in telecommunications central offices and switching centres
• Analyze test results and adjust, change or repair switching system, network, associated equipment and software

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Communication Electrician Trade Certification

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

• Telephone system

Equipment and machinery experience

• Cable outlets
• Converters
• Splitters

Equipment, eystems and controls experience

• Telecommunication system

Area of specialization

• Telephone installation and repair
• Telecommunication service testing
• Switch network installation and repair

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Safety equipment/gear
• Safety glasses/goggles