Cable Installer – Telecommunications

Major Work Area

• Installation

Equipment and Machinery Experience

• Fibre optics

Additional Skills

• Read and interpret blueprints
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures

Work Setting

• Telecommunications company

Specific Skills

• Test equipment to locate transmission faults
• Splice, join and connect wires
• Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment

Security and Safety

• Criminal record check

Own Tools/Equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Work Site Environment

• Confined spaces
• Outdoors
• At heights

Transportation/Travel Information

• Valid driver’s licence

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

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

Work Location Information

• Rural area
• Urban area

Personal Suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Organized

Health benefits

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

Long term benefits

• Life insurance
• Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)

Screening questions

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?