Telecommunications Technician

Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 37.5 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:

- **Education**:

- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- ** Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- At heights
- ** Work setting**:

- Installation
- Urban area
- Maintenance
- On-site customer service
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Service
- Residential
- ** Tasks**:

- Diagnose and locate equipment faults, and adjust, replace or repair telecommunications equipment
- Inspect operation of telecommunications equipment
- Install, arrange, remove and maintain telephone equipment, wiring and associated hardware
- Repair or replace defective telephone equipment
- Test installed telephone systems to locate transmission faults
- Analyze test results and adjust, change or repair switching system, network, associated equipment and software
- Complete and maintain test and service reports
- Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
- Initiate the dispatch of appropriate repair personnel
- Install electromechanical, analog and digital trunking systems, circuits and equipment in telecommunications central offices and switching centres
- Instruct apprentices
- Operate computerized testing systems to conduct service tests on customer lines and equipment
- ** Computer and technology knowledge**:

- Telephone system
- Telecommunication system
- ** Area of specialization**:

- Telephone installation and repair
- Switch network installation and repair
- Telecommunication service testing
- Telecommunications equipment
- ** Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Manual dexterity
- ** Weight handling**:

- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
- ** Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Accurate
- ** Experience**:

- 1 year to less than 2 years
- ** Workplace information**:

- On the road job