- Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
- Read blueprints to determine work requirements
- Complete and maintain test and service reports
- Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
- Maintain and repair aerial and underground transmission systems
- Monitor safety area
- Monitor safety conditions
- Install underground wiring and cables
- Install, lash and secure goods
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Fibre optics
- Aerial and underground cable lines
- Cables and winches
Vehicle and equipment experience
- Reach trucks
Area of work experience
- Equipment safety assessment
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel
- Travel expenses paid by employer
- Willing to travel for extended periods
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- 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
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Team player
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability advantages
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Long term benefits
- Long-term care insurance
Other Benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Parking available