Overview

Languages

French

Education

- College/CEGEP

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On the road

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work site environment

- Outdoors
- At heights

Work setting

- Installation
- Urban area
- Maintenance
- Rural area
- Cable television company
- In office customer service
- Remote location
- Repair
- Telecommunications company
- Telephone company
- Testing
- Various locations
- Service

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment
- Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
- Read blueprints to determine work requirements
- Repair cable signals
- Test trunking systems
- Test equipment to locate transmission faults
- Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
- Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
- Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
- Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
- Determine work assignments
- 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
- Repair or replace defective telephone equipment

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses





- Communication Electrician Trade Certification
- Community Antenna Television Technician Trade Certification
- Working at heights training

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

- Coaxial line
- Fibre optics
- Copper
- Aerial and underground cable lines
- Amplifiers
- Cable outlets

Additional information

Security and safety

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

Transportation/travel information

- Valid driver's licence
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Willing to travel
- Willing to travel for extended periods

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

- Safety equipment/gear
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Safety harness

Personal suitability

- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Team player

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