Rigger - Telecommunications

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights

Work setting

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

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment
• Inspect trunking systems
• Read blueprints to determine work requirements
• Test trunking systems
• 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
• Read and interpret blueprints
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Determine work assignments
• Inspect and test trunking systems
• Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
• Splice, join and connect wires

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Working at heights training
• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Specialization or experience

• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Drug test
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Willing to travel for extended periods

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Physically demanding

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer