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Splicer Technician - Telecommunications
Employer
VistaCare CommunicationsDate Posted
December 23, 2024Languages
English-
Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $22.00 to $35.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 to 50 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 10  Vacancies
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Closing Date Mar 17, 2025
Employer
VistaCare Communications
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Underground
Work setting
- Installation
- Urban area
- Maintenance
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Repair
- Various locations
- 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
- Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
- Splice, join and connect wires
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Working at heights training
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
Equipment and machinery experience
- Fibre optics
- Copper
- Aerial and underground cable lines
Security and safety
Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- 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
Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
Screening questions
Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other benefits
Other benefits
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Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in precision working to splice and repair various types and sizes of telephone and other telecommunication cables, including single line, coaxial and fibre optic; may operate excavation machinery and other heavy equipment
- innovative
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Interest in compiling information to repair telecommunication lines, cables and various types of telephone and other telecommunication cables
- methodical
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Interest in speaking with other workers to co-ordinate the preparation and completion of assignments
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.