What the posting asks for

• 3 to 5 years' experience
• High school
• English

From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.

Hours and terms

• 37.5 hours a week
• Shifts: early mornings, mornings
• Full time, Permanent employment
• In person

Usually needed for this kind of work

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• For telecommunication line and cable installers and repairers, 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.
• For cable television maintenance technicians, completion of a college program in electronics or a combination of college, correspondence or industry courses related to electronics and electrical systems and on-the-job training or completion of a four-year cable television technician apprenticeship program is required.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers (NOC 72204). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

• 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

About the employer

• Industry: Professional, scientific and technical services
• Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region