National Occupation Code (NOC): 72204

Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers install, repair and maintain telecommunication lines and cables, cable television transmission and distribution systems and associated hardware. They are employed by cable television, telephone and other telecommunications service companies. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

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Job Duties for Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers

• Install, remove, maintain and repair aerial and underground telephone, coaxial and fibre optic cable television, and other telecommunication transmission and distribution lines, cables and associated hardware
• Splice and repair various types and sizes of telephone and other telecommunication cables including single line, coaxial and fibre optic
• Repair or replace faulty cables, power supplies, amplifiers and other associated transmission and distribution equipment
• Inspect, monitor, test and adjust telecommunication transmission lines and cables and distribution systems
• 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.

Alternate Job Titles

• Access Technician - Telecommunication
• Apprentice Lineman/woman - Telecommunications
• Cable Installer - Telecommunications
• Cable Repair Technician - Telecommunications
• Cable Repairer - Telecommunications
• Cable Television Installation Technician
• Cable Television Installer
• Cable Television Maintenance Technician
• Cable Tester - Telecommunications
• Communication Line Technician
• Communication Technician - Construction
• Communications Electrician - Construction Craft
• Community Antenna Television (CATV) Installation Technician
• Community Antenna Television (CATV) Maintenance Technician
• Construction Technician - Cable Television
• Construction Technician - Telecommunications
• Fibre Optic Cable Splicer
• Journeyman/woman Lineman/woman - Telecommunications
• Line Inspector - Telecommunications
• Line Installer - Telecommunications
• Line Repairer - Telecommunications
• Repair Lineman/woman - Telecommunications
• Rigger - Telecommunications
• Section Lineman/woman - Telecommunications
• Service Tracer - Telecommunications
• Signal Tracer - Telecommunications
• Splicer - Telecommunications
• Splicer Technician - Telecommunications
• Splicer Technician - Telephone
• Structured Cabling Technician
• Telecommunication Cable Installer
• Telecommunication Cable Repairer
• Telecommunication Line Construction Technician
• Telecommunication Line Technician
• Telecommunications Cable Splicer
• Telecommunications Line Installer
• Telecommunications Lineman/woman
• Telecontrol Technologist
• Telephone Cable Splicer
• Telephone Line And Cableman/woman
• Telephone Line Technician
• Toll Line Inspector - Telecommunications
• Toll Line Repairman/woman - Telecommunications
• Toll Lineman/woman - Telecommunications
• Tracer - Telecommunications
• Underground Cable Splicer - Telecommunications
• Bus Dispatcher
• Bus Drivers Supervisor
• Bus Inspector
• Bus Inspector-dispatcher
• Chauffeurs And Taxi Drivers Supervisor
• Chauffeurs Supervisor
• Delivery Drivers Foreman/woman
• Delivery Drivers Supervisor
• Ground Transit Inspector - Public Transit
• Light Rail Transit (LRT) Operators Foreman/woman
• Light Rail Transit (LRT) Operators Supervisor
• LRT (light Rail Transit) Operators Foreman/woman
• LRT (light Rail Transit) Operators Supervisor
• Mobile Canteen Service Supervisor
• Motor Transport Route Foreman/woman
• Moving Van Drivers Supervisor
• School Bus Drivers Supervisor
• Street Railway And Subway Operators Supervisor
• Street Railway Operators Supervisor
• Streetcar And Subway Operators Supervisor
• Streetcar Operators Supervisor
• Subway And Street Railway Operators Supervisor
• Subway And Streetcar Operators Supervisor
• Subway Controller
• Subway Operators Foreman/woman
• Subway Operators Supervisor
• Subway System Traffic Controller
• Subway Traffic Controller
• Taxi And Chauffeurs Supervisor
• Taxi Driver And Private Chauffeur Supervisor
• Terminal Supervisor - Motor Transport
• Traffic Inspector - Public Transit System
• Traffic Supervisor - Motor Transport
• Transit Mobile Inspector
• Transit System Inspector
• Truck Drivers Foreman/woman
• Truck Drivers Supervisor
• Truck Driver-supervisor
• Truck Fleet Foreman/woman
• Trucking Contractor
• Urban Transit System Foreman/woman
• Telecommunications Line Installer
• Installer/communications