Rigger - Telecommunications

or equivalent experience

**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- At heights

**Work setting**:

- Installation
- Maintenance
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Repair
- Telecommunications company
- Service
- Various locations

**Tasks**:

- Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
- Test equipment to locate transmission faults
- Instruct apprentices
- 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
- Repair or replace defective telephone equipment
- Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
- Climb ladders or operate hydraulic buckets
- Inspect and test operation of telecommunications equipment
- Diagnose and locate equipment faults, and adjust, replace or repair telecommunications equipment
- Install, arrange, remove and maintain telephone equipment, wiring and associated hardware
- Test installed telephone systems to locate transmission faults
- Install electromechanical, analog and digital trunking systems, circuits and equipment in telecommunications central offices and switching centres
- Analyze test results and adjust, change or repair switching system, network, associated equipment and software
- Operate computerized testing systems to conduct service tests on customer lines and equipment
- Initiate the dispatch of appropriate repair personnel

**Computer and technology knowledge**:

- Computerized testing system
- Telephone system

**Technical operations experience**:

- Communication satellite

**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- HVAC

**Equipment, eystems and controls experience**:

- Telecommunication system

**Area of specialization**:

- Telephone installation and repair
- Telecommunication service testing
- Telecommunications equipment
- Switch network installation and repair
- Satellite dishes

**Security and safety**:

- Bondable
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check

**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- 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
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling

**Weight handling**:

- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

**Own tools/equipment**:

- Tools
- Safety equipment/gear
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety harness

**Personal suitability**:

- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Initiative
- Accurate
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Dependability

**Workplace information**:

- On the road job

**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?

**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits

**Financial benefits**:

- Bonus

**Long term benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
- Maternity and parental benefits

**Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site amenities
- On-site recreation and activities
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available