communication technician - construction

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Confined spaces

Work setting

• Installation
• Maintenance
• Repair
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Test equipment to locate transmission faults
• Complete and maintain test and service reports
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Splice, join and connect wires
• Repair or replace defective telephone equipment
• Install underground wiring and cables
• Troubleshoot and locate faults

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Working at heights training
• Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) clearance Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Communication protocols

• Ethernet

Equipment and machinery experience

• Coaxial line
• Fibre optics
• Power cutting tools

Equipment, eystems and controls experience

• Telecommunication system

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Flexibility

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits