Line Technician

Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes; London; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Canadian Armed Forces seeks a Line Technician to join their team, responsible for providing wired communications infrastructure across Canada. This role involves working outdoors, installing and maintaining cable systems, and requires a commitment to training and safety standards.

Benefits

Benefits package

Pension plan contribution

Opportunity for full-time and part-time positions

Qualifications

• No previous experience required.
• Training includes installation of strategic cable systems.
• Physical fitness standard is required for military training.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and repair communications infrastructure.
• Work in various environments including outdoors and at heights.
• Coordinate with military units for effective communication.

Skills

Installation of cable systems

Safety standards

Working aloft procedures

Confined space procedures

Education

Completion of Grade 10 or Secondary 4

Job description

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Overview

As a member of the military, Line Technicians provide fast, reliable, wired communications infrastructure and support to wireless systems utilizing leading edge cable distribution systems. They are part of a larger team that provides the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) with communications and information services throughout Canada and around the world.

Overview

As a member of the military, Line Technicians provide fast, reliable, wired communications infrastructure and support to wireless systems utilizing leading edge cable distribution systems. They are part of a larger team that provides the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) with communications and information services throughout Canada and around the world.

Line Technicians expertly install, remove, maintain, and repair leading edge communications infrastructure such as :

• Interior structured cable systems, consisting of copper cables, fibre optic cables, and supporting infrastructure
• The integration of radio, satellite, and microwave broadband equipment and infrastructure into wired networks
• Communications towers and antennas
• Fibre optic and copper cable distribution and supporting infrastructure in buildings and military bases

Work environment

Line Technicians experience the unique adventures and challenges that come with working primarily outdoors. Line Technicians work across the country and around the world wherever the CAF has a footprint. Line Technicians are required to work at heights and in confined spaces for extended periods of time, and are required to be well versed in the application of safety standards.

If you chose a career in the Regular Force, upon completion of all required training, you will be assigned to your first base. While there is some flexibility with regards to postings (relocations), accommodations can’t always be made, and therefore, you can likely expect to move at some point in your career. However, if you decide to join the Primary Reserve Force, you will do so through a specific Reserve unit. Outside of training, your chosen Reserve unit will be your workplace on a part time basis, and you will not be obligated to relocate to a different base. As part of the Primary Reserve Force, you typically work one night per week and some weekends as a minimum with possibilities of full-time employment.

Entry plans

• Direct Entry Options

No previous work experience or career related skills are required. CAF recruiters can help you decide if your personal interests and attributes match the criteria for this occupation.

The minimum required education to apply for this occupation is the completion of the provincial requirements for Grade 10 or Secondary 4 in Quebec including Grade 10 Applied Math or Math 416 in Quebec.

Foreign education may be accepted.

Training

The first stage of training is the Basic Military Qualification course, or Basic Training, held at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. This training provides the basic core skills and knowledge common to all trades. A goal of this course is to ensure that all recruits maintain the Forces physical fitness standard; as a result, the training is physically demanding.

Line Technicians attend the Canadian Forces School of Communication and Electronics in Kingston, Ontario. Training takes approximately 20 weeks and teaches the following basic skills and knowledge :

• Working aloft procedures, policy, and practices
• Confined space procedures, policy, and practices
• Rescue procedures, policy, and practices
• Installation of strategic interior cable systems
• Installation of strategic exterior cable systems
• Installation of tactical cable systems
• Installation of Cable Support Infrastructure
• Cable and supporting infrastructure maintenance

Line Technicians may be offered the opportunity to develop specialized skills through formal courses and on-the-job training, including :

• Specialty rescue training (telephone pole; confined spaces)
• Advanced rigging training
• Information Technology training

As they progress in their career, Line Technicians who demonstrate the required ability and potential may be offered advanced training. Available courses include :

• Communications and information systems management training
• Computer Assisted Design software training
• Complex Antenna System Installation and Maintenance training.
• Leadership and management training

Part time options

This position is available for part-time employment with the Primary Reserve at certain locations across Canada. Reserve Force members usually serve part time at a military unit in their community and at military bases within the region where they live. Reservists may serve while going to school or working at a civilian job. They are paid during their training and are not required to move. They can, however, volunteer to move and can also volunteer for deployment opportunities within or outside of Canada.

Reserve Line Technicians serve with the Canadian Army, providing fast, reliable, wired communications infrastructure and support to wireless systems to military units for training and operations. When employed on a part-time or term basis, they usually serve at a Canadian Army Reserve unit in their local community.

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Reserve Force members are trained to the same level as their Regular Force counterparts. They usually begin training in their home unit to ensure they meet the required basic professional military standards. Following basic military training, arrangements will be made for occupational training. Line Technician training takes 20 weeks and is conducted at the Canadian Forces School of Communication and Electronics in Kingston, Ontario. The 20 weeks may be divided into modules in order to help accommodate those with civilian jobs or attending full time studies.

Reserve Force Line Technicians usually serve part-time with their home unit for scheduled evenings and weekends. They may also serve in full-time positions at some units for fixed terms, depending what type of work is needed. Line Technicians work both indoors and outdoors, in confined spaces, aloft, in buildings, and in temporary field environments. They are paid 92.8 percent of Regular Force rates of pay, receive a benefits package, and can contribute to a pension plan.

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