Installer - Telecommunications

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Will train
**Work site environment**:

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

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

- Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment
- Repair cable signals
- Inspect operation of telecommunications equipment
- Install, arrange, remove and maintain telephone equipment, wiring and associated hardware
- Repair or replace defective telephone equipment
- Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
- Install cable modems and software to enable Internet access
- Maintain and repair aerial and underground transmission systems
- Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
**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
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Manual dexterity
**Own tools/equipment**:

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

- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Dependability
**Workplace information**:

- On the road job
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits