telecommunications lineman/woman

Central Island Communications Ltd.


  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 hours per week
  • Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
  • or equivalent experience


    • Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Dangerous
  • At heights
  • Underground
  • Confined spaces


    • Work setting

  • Installation
  • Urban area
  • Maintenance
  • Rural area
  • Remote location
  • Telecommunications company
  • Various locations
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer


    • Tasks

  • Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
  • Test equipment to locate transmission faults
  • Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
  • 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


    • Equipment and machinery experience

  • Coaxial line
  • Fibre optics
  • Single line


    • Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driver’s validity licence check


    • 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

  • Organized
  • Reliability


    • Screening questions

  • 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?


    • Workplace information

  • On the road job


    • Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits


    • Long term benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance


    • Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Parking available

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