Telecommunications line and cable workers install, repair and maintain telecommunication lines and cables. They are employed by cable television companies and by telephone and other telecommunications services.

apprentice lineman/woman – telecommunications, cable repairer, telecommunications, communication technician – construction, construction technician – cable television, lineman/woman, telecommunications, splicer technician – telephone, telecommunications line installer, telephone line technician.

• Install, remove, maintain and repair aerial and underground telephone and other telecommunication transmission and distribution lines, cables and associated hardware
• Install (but do not repair or maintain) cable television lines and cables
• Splice and repair various types and sizes of telephone and other telecommunication cables including single line, coaxial and fibre optic
• Inspect and test telecommunication transmission lines and cables for transmission characteristics and to locate faults
• 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.

Bishop's Falls, Bonavista, Botwood, Catalina, Clarenville-Shoal Harbour, Gambo, Gander, Gillesport, Grand Falls-Windsor, Hare Bay, La Scie, Lewisporte, Musgrave Harbour, New-Wes-Valley, Port Union, Springdale

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