Telecommunications Line Installer

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Dangerous
• Underground
• Confined spaces

Work setting

• Installation
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Various locations

Tasks

• Instruct apprentices
• Determine nature, cause and location of trouble

Equipment and machinery experience

• Coaxial line
• Fibre optics
• Drills

Repetitive machining operation experience

• Boring

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance
• Driver’s validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

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

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability

Health benefits

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

Financial benefits

• Gasoline paid

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available