LINE TECHNICIAN

Do you enjoy tackling technical challenges in the outdoors? As a Line Technician in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), you’ll work on wired and wireless communications systems, keeping CAF operations connected around the world.

This position is available full-time or part-time.

Pay & Benefits

The CAF offers a range of benefits to ensure members are well supported. These include:

• Competitive salary starting from $4,337 - $6,413/month for new recruits who join the Regular Force under the Direct Entry plan
• New pay increases: earn more from the start
• Recruiting allowance of up to $50,000 paid in installments at key service milestones
• Training opportunities
• Vacation, parental, and other types of paid leave
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Counseling, and relocation support services
• Pension plan
• Stimulating workplace that promotes respect, belonging, and work-life balance

Overview

Line Technicians expertly install, remove, maintain, and repair leading edge communications infrastructure such as:

• Interior structured cable systems, consisting of copper cables, fibre optic cables, and supporting infrastructure
• The integration of radio, satellite, and microwave broadband equipment and infrastructure into wired networks
• Communications towers and antennas
• Fibre optic and copper cable distribution and supporting infrastructure in buildings and military bases

You will find a comprehensive list of the primary duties on the forces.ca website.

This position is similar to the following:

• Line Installer-Repairer Technician
• Telecommunications Rigger
• Telecommunications Designer
• Project Manager

To be eligible to apply to the CAF, you must:

• Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada;
• Be at least 18 years old (17 years old with parental consent), except:
  • For the Paid Education programs, you may be 16 years old (with parental consent);
  • For the Primary Reserve, you may be 16 years old (with parental consent) and must be enrolled as a full-time student;
• Have completed at least Grade 10 or Secondary IV in Québec (some jobs need higher levels of education).

Required Education

The minimum required education to apply for this occupation is the completion of the provincial requirements for Grade 10 or Secondary 4 in Quebec including Grade 10 Applied Math or Math 416 in Quebec.

Foreign education may be accepted.

Direct Entry Plan

No previous work experience or career related skills are required. CAF recruiters can help you decide if your personal interests and attributes match the criteria for this occupation.

Join the CAF

To learn more about becoming a Line Technician, visit talk to a recruiter at a centre near you: or call View phone number on click.appcast.io.

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Job Type: Full-time – Part-time