Installation technician, cable television

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Confined spaces
• Underground

Work setting

• Installation
• Urban area
• Maintenance
• Rural area
• Cable television company
• On-site customer service
• Remote location
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Telephone company
• Testing
• Relocation costs covered by employer
• Commercial

Responsibilities

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
• Read and interpret blueprints
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
• Determine work assignments
• Inspect and test trunking systems
• Inspect, test and repair cable signals and associated equipment
• 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

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding