Cable Television Service and Maintenance Technician jobs Canada

0711 - Cable Television Service and Maintenance Technicians

Cable television service technicians install, maintain and repair cable and satellite television and Internet signal and associated equipment in homes and commercial buildings. Cable television maintenance technicians maintain and repair cable television transmission and distribution systems and associated hardware. They are employed by cable and satellite television companies.

Tasks

Cable television service technicians perform some or all of the following duties:

Communicate with subscribers and company personnel to determine work assignments
Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets, install splitters, converters, decoders, satellite and pay TV equipment, and install other cable hardware and systems at subscriber's premises
Install cable modems and software to enable Internet access at subscriber's premises
Inspect, test and repair cable and satellite television signals and associated equipment at subscriber's premises.

Cable television maintenance technicians perform some or all of the following duties:

Maintain and repair main aerial and underground coaxial and fibre optic cable television transmission lines, trunking and related distribution and interconnecting systems including power supplies and amplifiers
Inspect, monitor, test and adjust cable transmission and distribution systems
Repair or replace faulty cables, power supplies, amplifiers and other associated transmission and distribution equipment
Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
Communicate with other workers to co-ordinate the preparation and completion of work assignments.

Specialisations

CATV technician
apprentice community antenna television (CATV) technician
cable television installer
cablevision servicer
direct broadcast satellite (DBS) technician – cable television
installation technician, cable television
maintenance technician, cable television

Minimum Requirements

Completion of secondary school is required.
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 CATV technician apprenticeship program is required.
Trade certification for CATV technicians is available, but voluntary, in British Columbia.

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