cable installer - telecommunications

: College/CEGEP. or equivalent

. Work setting: Various locations. Tasks: 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. Inspect operation of telecommunications equipment. Diagnose and locate equipment faults, and adjust, replace or repair telecommunications equipment. Install, arrange, remove and maintain telephone equipment, wiring and associated hardware. Test installed telephone systems to locate transmission faults. Install electromechanical, analog and digital trunking systems, circuits and equipment in telecommunications central offices and switching centres. Analyze test results and adjust, change or repair switching system, network, associated equipment and software. Operate computerized testing systems to conduct service tests on customer lines and equipment. Initiate the dispatch of appropriate repair personnel.

: 2 years to less than 3 years. Workplace information: On the road job.