rigger - telecommunications

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights

Work setting

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

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment
• Read blueprints to determine work requirements
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

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

Additional information

Security and safety

• Drug test
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Initiative

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance

Other benefits

• Variable or compressed work week