Cable television service and maintenance technicians (NOC 7247)

Cable television service technicians:

• communicate with subscribers and company employees 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:

• 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
• limb and work high up on poles, ladders or other support structures
• communicate with other workers to coordinate the preparation and completion of work assignments

Key aspects of the work in this occupation:

• Work takes place in a normal inside work environment.
• Work also takes place outdoors so workers may be exposed to various weather conditions.
• Working with equipment, machinery or power/hand tools may be a source of injury.
• Exposure to electrical circuitry, high tension wires, transformers or other equipment in the workplace may be a source of electrical shock.
• Work may also take place in dangerous locations such as high poles or ladders.