RIGGER – TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Other trades certificate or diploma
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights

Work setting

• Installation
• Maintenance
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Service
• Various locations

Tasks

• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Test equipment to locate transmission faults
• Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
• Complete and maintain test and service reports
• Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
• 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
• Copper

Transportation/travel information

• Vehicle supplied by employer
• Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• 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

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Other benefits