Telecommunications Line and Cable Workers
Job description
These individuals install, repair, and maintain telecommunications lines and cables.
Environment
- Climatic conditions
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
- Hazardous workplaces
- Electricity
Main tasks
- Install, maintain, inspect, and repair telecommunication lines and cables.
- Splice (assemble) and repair cables and optical fibres.
- Test lines or cables.
- Record and analyze test results to evaluate transmission characteristics and detect faults or failures.
- Climb poles or ladders to work at heights.
- Climb ladders or use aerial ladders to work at heights.
- Lay and maintain cables in confined spaces (trenches, tunnels, etc.).
- Help erect and remove telecommunications poles and towers.
- Operate diggers or other heavy equipment as required.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2020 to 2022.- Minimum
- $20.00
- Median
- $30.00
- Maximum
- $42.00
Job prospects for 2023-2027
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Job prospects for 2023-2027
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2022
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 5.9% Female
- 94.1% Male
- 5.9% Female
- 94.1% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 2345% of jobs
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NAICS 5139% of jobs
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NAICS 54152% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 452% of jobs
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NAICS 334, 3352% of jobs
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Others10% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 2345% of jobs
-
NAICS 5139% of jobs
-
NAICS 54152% of jobs
-
NAICS 44, 452% of jobs
-
NAICS 334, 3352% of jobs
-
Others10% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Secondary
DVS in installation and Repair of Telecommunications Equipment
Placement rate: 70.5%
24.1% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in installation et réparation d'équipement de télécommunication
Placement rate: 78.3%
15.4% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in montage de lignes électriques et de télécommunications (Nouvelle version)
Placement rate: 86.2%
2.3% of graduates pursue further studies
College
Sometimes required
- A class 5 driver’s licence is often required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Solving complex problems
- Monitoring operations
- Coordination
- Troubleshooting
- Active listening
- Equipment maintenance
- Result evaluation
- Operations and control
- Judgment and decision-making
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Near vision
- Awareness of issues
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Hand-arm stability
- Limb coordination
- Manual dexterity
- Core strength
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Selective attention
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Digital dexterity
- Static muscle power
- Control accuracy
- Inductive reasoning
- Perception speed
- Processing flexibility
- Distance vision
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Focussed on results
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of telecommunications
- Rigour
- Respect standards and regulations
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
- Tolerance to frequent temperature variations
- Tolerance to routine work
- Timeliness
Interests
- Work in transportation and maintenance
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
- Work outdoors
- Conduct tests and trials, control processes
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 72204
Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers
Job titles
- Line Workers
- Structured Wiring Technicians
- Telecommunication cable installer
- Line installer - telecommunications
- Telecommunication cable repairer
- Cable television maintenance technician
- Cable television installation technician
- Apprentice lineman/woman - telecommunications
- Journeyman/woman lineman/woman - telecommunications
- Signal tracer - telecommunications
- Service tracer - telecommunications
- Communications electrician - construction craft
- Splicer - telecommunications
- Telecommunications cable splicer
- Underground cable splicer - telecommunications
- Telephone cable splicer
- Cable tester - telecommunications
- Fibre optic cable splicer
- Rigger - telecommunications
- Line inspector - telecommunications
- Toll line inspector - telecommunications
- Cable installer - telecommunications
- Repair lineman/woman - telecommunications
- Cable television installer
- Telecommunications lineman/woman
- Telephone line and cableman/woman
- Toll lineman/woman - telecommunications
- Section lineman/woman - telecommunications
- Cable repairer - telecommunications
- Line repairer - telecommunications
- Toll line repairman/woman - telecommunications
- Access technician - telecommunication
- Splicer technician - telecommunications
- Splicer technician - telephone
- Communication line technician
- Telecommunication line technician
- Telephone line technician
- Structured cabling technician
- Communication technician - construction
- Construction technician - cable television
- Construction technician - telecommunications
- Telecommunication line construction technician
- Community antenna television (catv) maintenance technician
- Community antenna television (catv) installation technician
- Cable repair technician - telecommunications
- Telecontrol technologist
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
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Last update: February 14, 2024