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telephone technician

telephone technician

Just ContractingScarborough, ON, CA
22 days ago
Salary
CA$36.00 hourly
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description
  • Work Term : Permanent
  • Work Language : English
  • Hours : 32 to 40 hours per week
  • Education : College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
  • Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years
  • Work site environment

    • Outdoors
    • At heights
    • Confined spaces
    • Work setting

    • Installation
    • Maintenance
    • Rural area
    • Various locations
    • Relocation costs not covered by employer
    • Willing to relocate
    • Tasks

    • Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment
    • Inspect trunking systems
    • Repair cable signals
    • Test trunking systems
    • Diagnose and locate equipment faults, and adjust, replace or repair telecommunications equipment
    • Inspect operation of telecommunications equipment
    • Install, arrange, remove and maintain telephone equipment, wiring and associated hardware
    • Repair or replace defective telephone equipment
    • Test installed telephone systems to locate transmission faults
    • Analyze test results and adjust, change or repair switching system, network, associated equipment and software
    • Complete and maintain test and service reports
    • Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
    • Initiate the dispatch of appropriate repair personnel
    • Install electromechanical, analog and digital trunking systems, circuits and equipment in telecommunications central offices and switching centres
    • Instruct apprentices
    • Operate computerized testing systems to conduct service tests on customer lines and equipment
    • Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
    • Determine work assignments
    • 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
    • Area of specialization

    • Telephone installation and repair
    • Security and safety

    • Basic security clearance
    • 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
    • Manual dexterity
    • Weight handling

    • Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
    • Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
    • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
    • Own tools / equipment

    • Steel-toed safety boots
    • Personal suitability

    • Leadership
    • Client focus
    • Efficient interpersonal skills
    • Excellent oral communication
    • Excellent written communication
    • Flexibility
    • Initiative
    • Judgement
    • Organized
    • Reliability
    • Team player
    • Accurate
    • Dependability