About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work site environment: Outdoors. Confined spaces.
Tasks
- Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment.
- Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment.
- Read blueprints to determine work requirements . Repair cable signals.
- Test equipment to locate transmission faults.
- Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment.
- Complete and maintain test and service reports.
- Determine nature, cause and location of trouble.
- Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures.
- Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets.
- Determine work assignments.
- Install cable modems and software to enable Internet access.
- Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers.
- Splice, join and connect wires.
- Repair or replace defective telephone equipment.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Air Brake (Z) Endorsement.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Coaxial line.
- Fibre optics.
- Copper.
- Aerial and underground cable lines.
- Splitters.
Transportation/travel information: Valid driver's licence. Vehicle supplied by employer. Willing to travel. Willing to travel for extended periods.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Tight deadlines.
- Attention to detail.
- Physically demanding.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Own tools/equipment: Safety equipment/gear.
- Steel-toed safety boots.
- Personal suitability: Flexibility.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Initiative.
- Team player.
Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.