Cable Installer – Telecommunications in Langley

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Dangerous
• Confined spaces

Work setting

• Installation
• Urban area
• Maintenance
• Rural area
• Remote location
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Testing
• Various locations
• Relocation costs not covered by employer

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment
• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Read blueprints to determine work requirements
• Test equipment to locate transmission faults
• Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Maintain and repair aerial and underground transmission systems
• Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
• Maintain clean and safe work environment

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Working at heights training

Experience and specialization

Types of systems

• Towers and heat exchangers

Equipment and machinery experience

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

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driver’s validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver’s licence
• Willing to travel
• Travel expenses paid by employer
• Willing to travel for extended periods

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• 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

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

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