Signal technician

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Hybrid

Work must be completed both in person and remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Dangerous
• Confined spaces
• Underground

Work setting

• Installation
• Urban area
• Maintenance
• Rural area
• On-site customer service
• Remote location
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Testing
• Various locations
• Service
• Commercial

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment
• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Read blueprints to determine work requirements
• Repair cable signals
• Test equipment to locate transmission faults
• 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
• Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
• Determine work assignments
• 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

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Working at heights training
• CPR Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Coaxial line
• Fibre optics
• Single line
• Copper
• Aerial and underground cable lines
• Cable outlets
• Splitters

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation
• Vehicle supplied by employer
• Willing to travel
• Travel expenses paid by employer
• Willing to travel for extended periods

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Initiative
• Team player

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
• Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for youths

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities

Employment groups - Help

Membership in a group is not a job requirement. All interested applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

This employer is committed to providing all job applicants with equal employment opportunities, and promoting inclusion. If you self-identify as a member of any employment group, you are encouraged to indicate it in your application.

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