Rigger - Telecommunications

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 44 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
**Work site environment**:

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

- Installation
- Urban area
- Maintenance
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Repair
- Telecommunications company
- Service
- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- Test equipment to locate transmission faults
- Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
- Complete and maintain test and service reports
- 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
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Working at heights training
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Coaxial line
- Fibre optics
- Single line
- Copper
**Area of specialization**:

- Telecommunications
**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Drug test
- Driver's validity licence check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Willing to travel
- Travel expenses paid by employer
- Willing to travel for extended periods
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Tight deadlines
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Tools
- Safety equipment/gear
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety harness
**Personal suitability**:

- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Workplace information**:

- On the road job