National Occupation Code (NOC): 7247

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.

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Job Duties for Cable television service and maintenance technicians

Cable television service technicians

• Communicate with subscribers and company personnel to determine work assignments
• Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets, install splitters, converters, decoders, terminals, digital boxes, satellite and pay TV equipment, and install other cable hardware and systems at subscriber's premises
• Install cable modems, routers 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
• 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.

Working Conditions for Cable television service and maintenance technicians

Work is performed indoors and outdoors, occasionally at moderately high poles and ladders. The use of tools with electricity, transformers, and high-tension wires, especially in adverse weather conditions, bears the risk of injury.

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