Cable Television Maintenance Technician

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: Will train
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

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

- Installation
- Maintenance
- Testing
- Various locations
- Repair
- Service
**Tasks**:

- Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
- Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
- Determine work assignments
- Inspect, test and repair cable signals and associated equipment
- 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
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Not required
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Aerial and underground cable lines
- Amplifiers
- Cable outlets
- Converters
- Splitters
- Trunking system
**Security and safety**:

- Bondable
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Drug test
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Willing to travel
**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
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
**Health benefits**:

- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
**Financial benefits**:

- Bonus
**Long term benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Long-term care insurance
**Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer