Lineman

Responsibilities

• Pull, place, and install fibre optic cable through underground ducts, conduits, manholes, vaults, handholes, and other underground structures.
• Set up, inspect, and operate cable-pulling equipment, including winches, rollers, sheaves, capstans, and related placement tools.
• Perform hand and mechanical cable pulls while maintaining required pulling tension, minimum bend radius, and cable-handling standards.
• Complete conduit rodding, duct proofing, duct cleaning, mule tape installation, and other duct-preparation activities.
• Identify, report, and assist in resolving blocked, damaged, obstructed, or otherwise unsuitable ducts.
• Properly coil, rack, label, secure, and protect fibre cable within underground structures.
• Assist with aerial cable installation, including placing fibre cables, multiports, spiderweb or PSP cables, and associated equipment.
• Lash cable and multiports to strand using a lasher, ensuring all work meets applicable installation standards.
• Install aerial hardware, including strand, anchors, bolts, and related pole-mounted equipment.
• Assist with hanging strand and fibre cable using a boom truck and/or through pole-climbing activities, where trained, authorized, and required.
• Read and interpret construction drawings, plans, work packages, and project specifications.
• Determine cable lengths, complete pre-construction documentation, and obtain required reporting and signoffs.
• Prepare, update, and submit redline drawings to accurately reflect completed work and field changes.
• Maintain accurate cable footage records, production reports, daily work reports, timesheets, and other required project documentation.
• Identify existing utilities and safely work around underground and overhead infrastructure.
• Establish and maintain safe work zones, including compliance with traffic-control requirements.
• Operate company vehicles, trailers, tools, and equipment safely and responsibly.
• When appropriately licensed, trained, and authorized, operate construction equipment required to complete assigned work.