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Job Details

Telephone Line Technician

Employer

Ambience Security System

Date Posted

November 22, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $38.50 hourly
  • Work Hours 37.5 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 22, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Ambience Security System

Languages

English

Education

  • College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Confined spaces

Work setting

  • Installation
  • Urban area
  • Maintenance
  • Rural area
  • Cable television company
  • Remote location
  • Repair
  • Telecommunications company
  • Telephone company
  • Various locations
  • Service
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate

Tasks

  • Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
  • Test equipment to locate transmission faults
  • Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
  • Instruct apprentices
  • Complete and maintain test and service reports
  • Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
  • Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
  • Splice, join and connect wires
  • Repair or replace defective telephone equipment

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Coaxial line
  • Fibre optics
  • Single line
  • Copper

Security and safety

Basic security clearance

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Willing to travel
  • 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

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Telephone Line Technician 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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