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Job Details

Security Systems Technician

Employer

Checkpoint Canada ULC

Date Posted

March 01, 2023

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $55,000.00 to $65,000.00 annually (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Mar 31, 2023
Job Requirements

Employer

Checkpoint Canada ULC

Languages

English

Education

  • College/CEGEP
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Outdoors

Work setting

  • Repair
  • Urban area
  • Rural area
  • Service
  • On-site customer service
  • Mechanical and service company
  • Installation

Tasks

  • Inspect products to determine the requirements for repair
  • Repair or replace defective or worn parts and components
  • Test and adjust repaired products for proper functioning
  • Calibrate products using hand tools
  • Wire electrical connections for switchboards and panel boards
  • Splice, join and connect wires
  • Prepare floors for installations
  • Install, replace and repair electrical controls and panel boxes
  • Conduct voltage, resistance and other tests using electrical test equipment
  • Connect cables, tubes and wires
  • Connect cables, tubes and wires to complete assemblies and installations
  • Attach protective devices to products to protect against shoplifting
  • Install and wire electric and electronic control system devices
  • Select and set up camera equipment
  • Pack grout into joints between tiles and remove excess grout
  • Fill joints, nail indentations, holes and cracks with joint compound using trowel and broad knife

Supervision

Electric appliance servicers and repairers

Type of service and repair

Alarm/security system

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS Office
  • MS Outlook
  • MS Word
  • Networking hardware
  • Networking security

Travel bookings

Domestic travel

Instrument experience

Wireless transmission (radio)

Type of experience

Retail loss prevention

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Truck
  • Tool grinders
  • Saws
  • Power cutting tools
  • Power grinder
  • Power tools
  • Powered equipment
  • Electrical wiring devices
  • Drills
  • Construction machinery
  • Bolters or screwdrivers (power)
  • Alarms

Equipment, eystems and controls experience

Radio communication equipment

Vehicle and equipment experience

  • Light trucks
  • Radio frequency scanners (RFS)

Area of work experience

Installation, maintenance and inspection of equipment or facilities

Service experience

Alarm system

Area of specialization

  • Cameras
  • Meters
  • Business and commercial machines
  • Electronic
  • Mechanical
  • Wiring
  • Telecommunications equipment
  • Hammer drilling
  • Electrical machines or transformers
  • Construction
  • Security and surveillance system

Equipment

Security system

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Criminal record check
  • Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

  • Public transportation is not available
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Willing to travel cross-border
  • Willing to travel regularly

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Overtime required
  • Physically demanding

Weight handling

Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Organized
  • Reliability

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?
  • What is your current field of study?

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Gasoline paid
  • Mileage paid

Long term benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Other benefits
  • Pension plan
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Security Systems Technician is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Other Repairers and Servicers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating hand, power and specially designed tools to service products and equipment; may calibrate products using hand tools

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to test and adjust repaired products to ensure that they work properly; and in performing routine maintenance

innovative

Interest in inspecting products to determine repairs required

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Motor Coordination

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