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This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Telecommunications line and cable workers perform some or all of the following duties:

• • Install, remove, maintain and repair aerial and underground telephone and other telecommunication transmission and distribution lines, cables and associated hardware
  • Install (but do not repair or maintain) cable television lines and cables
  • Splice and repair various types and sizes of telephone and other telecommunication cables including single line, coaxial and fibre optic
  • Inspect and test telecommunication transmission lines and cables for transmission characteristics and to locate faults
  • Analyze and record test results
  • Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures or work in confined spaces such as trenches, tunnels and crawl spaces
  • Communicate with other workers to co-ordinate the preparation and completion of work assignments
  • Assist in the erection and removal of telecommunication poles, towers and associated support structures
  • May operate excavation machinery and other heavy equipment.

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• Completion of a four-year telecommunications line and cable apprenticeship program or A combination of over three years work experience in the trade and some industry- related or other specialized courses or Completion of a two-year college program in electronics is usually required.
• Trade certification for communications electrician (construction craft) is available, but voluntary, in Alberta, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

• Cable Television Service and Maintenance Technicians (7247)
• Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers (7244)
• Telecommunications Installation and Repair Workers (7246)
• Supervisors of telecommunications line and cable workers (in 7212 Contractors and Supervisors, Electrical Trades and Telecommunications Occupations)