Telecommunications Lineman/Woman

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Underground
• Confined spaces

Work setting

• Installation
• Maintenance
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Various locations
• Relocation costs not covered by employer

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Complete and maintain test and service reports
• Read and interpret blueprints
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Splice, join and connect wires

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Working at heights training
• First Aid Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Power Line Hazardous Training
• Lineman Trade Certification

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Coaxial line
• Fibre optics
• Copper

Additional information

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation
• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer