Telecommunications Lineman/Woman

Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language:
English
- Hours:
30 hours per week
- Education:
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
- Experience:
7 months to less than 1 year
**Work site environment**:
- Outdoors
- Dangerous
- At heights
- Underground
- Confined spaces
**Work setting**:
- Installation
- Urban area
- Maintenance
- Rural area
- Cable television company
- Repair
- Telecommunications company
- Service
**Tasks**:
- Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
- Test equipment to locate transmission faults
- 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
- Splice, join and connect wires
- Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
- Install cable modems and software to enable Internet access
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:
- Working at heights training
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
**Equipment and machinery experience**:
- Coaxial line
- Fibre optics
- Single line
- Copper
- Splitters
- Aerial and underground cable lines
**Area of specialization**:
- Testing
**Security and safety**:
- Bondable
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Drug test
- Driver's validity licence check
**Transportation/travel information**:
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:
- Fast-paced environment
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- 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
- Hard hat
**Personal suitability**:
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Initiative
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Client focus
**Screening questions**:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- What is your current level of study?
**Health benefits**:
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
**Other benefits**:
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available