Education

• Other trades certificate or diploma
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Confined spaces
• Underground

Work setting

• Installation
• Maintenance
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Various locations
• Relocation costs not covered by employer

Tasks

• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Complete and maintain test and service reports
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Splice, join and connect wires

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Working at heights training
• First Aid Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Power Line Hazardous Training
• Lineman Trade Certification

Equipment and machinery experience

• Coaxial line
• Fibre optics
• Copper
• Aerial and underground cable lines

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation / travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation
• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

Own tools / equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability

Screening questions

• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Experience

• Experience an asset

Health benefits

• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

• Learning / training paid by employer