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Telephone Cable Splicer

Employer

TELESURF COMMUNICATION LTD.

Date Posted

January 29, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 37.5 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 3  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Mar 06, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

TELESURF COMMUNICATION LTD.

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Relocation costs not covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate

Tasks

  • Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment
  • Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
  • Complete and maintain test and service reports
  • Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
  • Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
  • 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
  • Splice, join and connect wires
  • Repair or replace defective telephone equipment

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

Personal suitability

  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Client focus
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Team player

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Telephone Cable Splicer is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Telecommunications Line and Cable Workers
OBJECTIVE

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

Interest in compiling information to repair telecommunication lines, cables and various types of telephone and other telecommunication cables

methodical

Interest in speaking with other workers to co-ordinate the preparation and completion of assignments

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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