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Telephone Line Technician
Employer
Ambience Security SystemDate Posted
November 22, 2024Languages
English-
Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $38.50 hourly
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Work Hours 37.5 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Dec 22, 2024
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
- 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.