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Rope Access Technician (RAT)
Employer
TactenDate Posted
December 16, 2025Languages
English-
Location Fort McMurray, AB
Kitimat, BC
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Earnings $51.50 to $57.62 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 30 to 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 6  Vacancies
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Closing Date Feb 23, 2026
Employer
Tacten
Languages
English
Education
Other trades certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Hot
- In/on water
- Noisy
- Odours
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
Work setting
- Remote location
- Rural area
- Urban area
- Willing to relocate
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Various locations
Tasks
- Read blueprints to determine work requirements
- Instruct apprentices
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Industrial Rope Access Trade Association (IRATA) Certification
- First Aid Certificate
Security and safety
- Driver's validity licence check
- Basic security clearance
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
- Travel expenses paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
Own tools/equipment
Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Excellent oral communication
- Team player
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Shift
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Night
- On call
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime available
Workplace information
On the road job
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other benefits
Other benefits
Support for persons with disabilities
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for youths
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Veterans
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
- Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)
Support for Indigenous people
Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
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Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in precision working to manipulate lockpicks in cylinders to open jammed locks and locks without keys, and to fabricate parts
- METHODICAL
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Interest in replacing worn and damaged parts by chiselling, filing, scraping and other tooling to correct dimensions
- innovative
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Interest in analyzing information to disassemble locks such as padlocks and door locks to locate defects
Abilities
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Mental Abilities
General Learning Ability
Verbal Ability
Numerical Ability
Visual Abilities
Spatial Perception
Form Perception
Clerical Perception
Physical Abilities
Motor Coordination
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in precision working to inspect and test functional units, wiring, piping and components such as switches, electric motors and valves to determine specific repairs and replacements
- INNOVATIVE
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Interest in analyzing information to disassemble and repair or replace stoves, heaters, pumps and other malfunctioning units, and to repair wiring and test electrical systems
- METHODICAL
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Interest in speaking with owners to discuss nature of malfunctions and damages to assess extent of repairs required; and in inspecting new vehicles before delivery according to manufacturers' instructions and motor vehicle regulations
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