rigger - telecommunications

Education

• Other trades certificate or diploma
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights

Work setting

• Installation
• Maintenance
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Various locations
• Relocation costs covered by employer
• Service

Tasks

• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• 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
• Splice, join and connect wires
• Repair or replace defective telephone equipment

Equipment and machinery experience

• Coaxial line
• Fibre optics
• Copper

Transportation / travel information

• Vehicle supplied by employer
• Willing to travel
• Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Initiative
• Team player

Employment terms options

• Evening

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

• Morning
• Night
• Day
• Weekend

Workplace information

• On the road job

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance

Other benefits

• Learning / training paid by employer
• Other benefits