telephone line technician

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Confined spaces

Work setting

• Installation
• Urban area
• Maintenance
• Rural area
• Cable television company
• Remote location
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Telephone company
• Service
• Various locations
• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Willing to relocate

Tasks

• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Test equipment to locate transmission faults
• Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
• Instruct apprentices
• 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
• Inspect and test trunking systems
• Splice, join and connect wires
• Repair or replace defective telephone equipment

Equipment and machinery experience

• Coaxial line
• Fibre optics
• Single line
• Copper

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance

Transportation/travel information

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

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability