splicer technician – telecommunications

VistaCare Communications Services of Canada Inc


  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Experience an asset
  • Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Underground
  • Confined spaces

  • Work setting

  • Installation
  • Urban area
  • Maintenance
  • Rural area
  • Remote location
  • Repair
  • 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
  • Read and interpret blueprints
  • Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
  • Inspect and test trunking systems
  • Splice, join and connect wires

  • Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • Working at heights training

  • Equipment and machinery experience

  • Fibre optics
  • Copper

  • Security and safety

  • Criminal record check

  • Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver’s licence
  • Vehicle supplied by employer
  • Willing to travel
  • Travel expenses paid by employer
  • 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

  • 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

  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

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