Cable Installer – Telecommunications

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Confined spaces

Work setting

• Installation
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Telecommunications company

Tasks

• Test equipment to locate transmission faults
• Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
• Read and interpret blueprints
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Splice, join and connect wires

Equipment and machinery experience

• Fibre optics

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver’s licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• 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

Screening questions

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)