Telecommunication Cable Repairer

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Underground
• Confined spaces

Work setting

• Installation
• Urban area
• Maintenance
• Rural area
• Cable television company
• Remote location
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Telephone 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
• 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
• Repair or replace defective telephone equipment

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Not applicable
• Not required

Equipment and Machinery Experience

• Coaxial line
• Fibre optics
• Single line
• Copper

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driver’s validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver’s licence
• Vehicle supplied by employer

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