Telecommunication Cable Installer

Work setting

• Installation
• Maintenance
• On-site customer service
• Telecommunications company
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

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

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Coaxial line
• Fibre optics
• Single line
• Cable outlets
• Splitters

Additional information

Security and safety

• Bondable

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation
• Vehicle supplied by employer
• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

Personal suitability

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