Index
Intro
This unit group includes telecommunications and electrical trade contractors who own and operate their own businesses. This group also includes supervisors who supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers classified in the following unit groups: Electricians (7241), Industrial Electricians (7242), Power System Electricians (7243), Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers (7244), Telecommunications Line and Cable Workers (7245), Telecommunications Installation and Repair Workers (7246) and Cable Television Service and Maintenance Technicians (7247). They are employed in a wide range of establishments; places of employment are indicated in the above unit group descriptions.
There is some mobility between jobs within a specific trade; however, there is little or no intertrade mobility.
Main Duties
Contractors and supervisors in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
- Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of workers who install, repair and maintain electrical wiring, fixtures and control devices, power systems, telecommunication systems and cablevision systems
- Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other departments or subcontractors
- Requisition materials and supplies
- Resolve work problems and recommend work measures to improve productivity
- Train or arrange for training of workers
- Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions
- Ensure standards for safe working conditions are observed
- Prepare work progress reports
- May manage the operations of their own companies
- May also supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of related apprentices, helpers and labourers.
Employment Requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Several years of experience as a qualified tradesperson in a relevant trade are required.
- Journeyman/woman trade certification in a relevant trade is required.
All Titles
- cable installation and repair foreman/woman – telecommunicationscable installation and repair foreman – telecommunications, cable installation and repair forewoman – telecommunications
- cable installation contractor
- cable installation foreman/womancable installation foreman, cable installation forewoman, foreman, cable installations, forewoman, cable installations
- cable installation supervisor
- cable installers and repairers foreman/woman – telecommunicationscable installers and repairers foreman – telecommunications, cable installers and repairers forewoman – telecommunications
- cable maintenance and repair supervisor
- cable splicers foreman/woman – telecommunicationscable splicers foreman – telecommunications, cable splicers forewoman – telecommunications, foreman, cable splicers – telecommunications, forewoman, cable splicers – telecommunications
- cable splicing foreman/woman – telecommunicationscable splicing foreman – telecommunications, cable splicing forewoman – telecommunications
- cable television system installers and repairers foreman/womancable television system installers and repairers foreman, cable television system installers and repairers forewoman, foreman, cable television system installers and repairers, forewoman, cable television system installers and repairers
- cable workers front line supervisor
- cablevision technicians foreman/womancablevision technicians foreman, cablevision technicians forewoman, foreman, cablevision technicians, forewoman, cablevision technicians
- chief electrician
- communications foreman/womancommunications foreman, communications forewoman
- construction electricians and repairers foreman/womanconstruction electricians and repairers foreman, construction electricians and repairers forewoman, foreman, construction electricians and repair workers, forewoman, construction electricians and repair workers
- construction electricians foreman/womanconstruction electricians foreman, construction electricians forewoman, foreman, construction electricians, forewoman, construction electricians
- construction electricians supervisor
- contractor, electrical installation
- contractor, electrical systems
- contractor, electrical wiring installation
- contractor, telecommunications
- contractor-electrician
- electric meter installers foreman/womanelectric meter installers foreman, electric meter installers forewoman
- electric meter installers supervisor
- electrical appliances installation foreman/womanelectrical appliances installation foreman, electrical appliances installation forewoman, foreman, electrical appliances installations, forewoman, electrical appliances installations
- electrical construction contractor
- electrical construction foreman/womanelectrical construction foreman, electrical construction forewoman, foreman, electrical construction, forewoman, electrical construction
- electrical contractor
- electrical contractor, construction
- electrical equipment installation and repair foreman/womanelectrical equipment installation and repair foreman, electrical equipment installation and repair forewoman, foreman, electrical equipment installation and repair, forewoman, electrical equipment installation and repair
- electrical foreman/womanelectrical foreman, electrical forewoman
- electrical power inspector and tester supervisor
- electrical supervisor – drilling rig
- electrical systems contractor
- electrical wiring inspector supervisor
- electrical wiring installation contractor
- electrician foreman/womanelectrician foreman, electrician forewoman, foreman, electricians, forewoman, electricians
- electrician-contractor
- electricians supervisor
- emergency team foreman/woman – telecommunicationsemergency team foreman – telecommunications, emergency team forewoman – telecommunications
- foreman/woman, cable installations
- foreman/woman, cable splicers – telecommunications
- foreman/woman, cable television system installers and repairers
- foreman/woman, cablevision technicians
- foreman/woman, construction electricians
- foreman/woman, construction electricians and repair workers
- foreman/woman, electrical appliances installations
- foreman/woman, electrical construction
- foreman/woman, electrical equipment installation and repair
- foreman/woman, electricians
- foreman/woman, industrial electriciansforeman, industrial electricians, forewoman, industrial electricians, industrial electricians foreman, industrial electricians forewoman
- foreman/woman, installers and repairers – telecommunicationsforeman, installers and repairers – telecommunications, foreman, telecommunications installation and repair workers, forewoman, installers and repairers – telecommunications, forewoman, telecommunications installation and repair workers, installers and repairers foreman – telecommunications, installers and repairers forewoman – telecommunications
- foreman/woman, line and cable installationforeman, line and cable installation, forewoman, line and cable installation, line and cable installation foreman, line and cable installation forewoman
- foreman/woman, line and cable installersforeman, line and cable installers, forewoman, line and cable installers, line and cable installers foreman, line and cable installers forewoman
- foreman/woman, line and cable repairers – power linesforeman, line and cable repairers – power lines, forewoman, line and cable repairers – power lines
- foreman/woman, maintenance electriciansforeman, maintenance electricians, forewoman, maintenance electricians, maintenance electricians foreman, maintenance electricians forewoman
- foreman/woman, marine electriciansforeman, marine electricians, forewoman, marine electricians, marine electricians foreman, marine electricians forewoman
- foreman/woman, meter installers and repairersforeman, meter installers and repairers, forewoman, meter installers and repairers, meter installers and repairers foreman, meter installers and repairers forewoman
- foreman/woman, power line and cable workersforeman, power line and cable workers, forewoman, power line and cable workers
- foreman/woman, power line repairersforeman, power line repairers, forewoman, power line repairers, power line repairers foreman, power line repairers forewoman
- foreman/woman, power line technicianforeman, power line technician, forewoman, power line technician, power line technician foreman, power line technician forewoman
- foreman/woman, power system electriciansforeman, power system electricians, forewoman, power system electricians
- foreman/woman, signaling system installationforeman, signaling system installation, forewoman, signaling system installation, signaling system installation foreman, signaling system installation forewoman
- foreman/woman, telecommunication cable installationforeman, telecommunication cable installation, forewoman, telecommunication cable installation, telecommunication cable installation foreman, telecommunication cable installation forewoman
- foreman/woman, telecommunication installers and repairersforeman, telecommunication installers and repairers, forewoman, telecommunication installers and repairers, telecommunication system installers and repairers foreman, telecommunication system installers and repairers forewoman
- foreman/woman, telecommunication line installation, repair and testingforeman, telecommunication line installation, repair and testing, forewoman, telecommunication line installation, repair and testing, telecommunication line installation, repair and testing foreman, telecommunication line installation, repair and testing forewoman
- foreman/woman, telecommunication line installersforeman, telecommunication line installers, forewoman, telecommunication line installers, telecommunication line installers foreman, telecommunication line installers forewoman
- foreman/woman, telecommunication line installers, repairers and testersforeman, telecommunication line installers, repairers and testers, forewoman, telecommunication line installers, repairers and testers, telecommunication line installers, repairers and testers foreman, telecommunication line installers, repairers and testers forewoman
- foreman/woman, telecommunication line maintenanceforeman, telecommunication line maintenance, forewoman, telecommunication line maintenance, telecommunication line maintenance foreman, telecommunication line maintenance forewoman
- foreman/woman, telecommunication line repairersforeman, telecommunication line repairers, forewoman, telecommunication line repairers, telecommunication line repairers foreman, telecommunication line repairers forewoman
- foreman/woman, telecommunication serviceforeman, telecommunication service, forewoman, telecommunication service, telecommunication service foreman, telecommunication service forewoman
- foreman/woman, telecommunications installation and repair workers
- foreman/woman, telephone installationforeman, telephone installation, forewoman, telephone installation, telephone installation foreman, telephone installation forewoman
- foreman/woman, underground electrical conduitsforeman, underground electrical conduits, forewoman, underground electrical conduits, underground electrical conduit foreman, underground electrical conduit forewoman
- front line supervisor – power line maintenance
- front line supervisor, cable workers
- head-office repair supervisor
- industrial electrical systems foreman/womanindustrial electrical systems foreman, industrial electrical systems forewoman
- industrial electricians foreman/woman
- industrial electricians supervisor
- installation foreman/woman – telecommunicationsinstallation foreman – telecommunications, installation forewoman – telecommunications
- installers and repairers foreman/woman – telecommunications
- line and cable contractor
- line and cable installation and maintenance supervisor
- line and cable installation foreman/woman
- line and cable installers foreman/woman
- line and cable workers supervisor
- line foreman/woman – power linesline foreman – power lines, line forewoman – power lines
- line foreman/woman – telecommunicationsline foreman – telecommunications, line forewoman – telecommunications
- maintenance electricians foreman/woman
- maintenance electricians supervisor
- maintenance supervisor, telecommunication lines
- marine electricians foreman/woman
- meter installers and repairers foreman/woman
- microwave system foreman/womanmicrowave system foreman, microwave system forewoman
- power line and cable workers foreman/womanpower line and cable workers foreman, power line and cable workers forewoman
- power line maintenance workers front line supervisor
- power line repair foreman/womanpower line repair foreman, power line repair forewoman, repair foreman, power lines, repair forewoman, power lines
- power line repairers foreman/woman
- power line service foreman/womanpower line service foreman, power line service forewoman, service foreman, power lines, service forewoman, power lines
- power line technician foreman/woman
- power linemen/women and cable installers supervisor
- power system electricians supervisor
- power systems electricians supervisor
- repair foreman/woman, power lines
- repair foreman/woman, telecommunication linesrepair foreman, telecommunication lines, repair forewoman, telecommunication lines
- service foreman/woman, power lines
- service supervisor, telecommunication lines
- signaling system installation foreman/woman
- supervisor, cable installation
- supervisor, cable maintenance and repair
- supervisor, cablevision technicians
- supervisor, construction electricians
- supervisor, electrical installation
- supervisor, electrical load testers
- supervisor, electrical power inspectors and testers
- supervisor, electrical wiring inspectors
- supervisor, electricians
- supervisor, factory electricians
- supervisor, industrial electricians
- supervisor, line and cable installation and maintenance
- supervisor, line and cable workers
- supervisor, maintenance electricians
- supervisor, plant electricians
- supervisor, power linemen/women and cable installers
- supervisor, power system electricians
- supervisor, power systems electricians
- supervisor, residential electricians
- supervisor, telecommunications
- supervisor, telephone installation
- telecommunication cable installation foreman/woman
- telecommunication line installation, repair and testing foreman/woman
- telecommunication line installation, repair and testing supervisor
- telecommunication line installers foreman/woman
- telecommunication line installers, repairers and testers foreman/woman
- telecommunication line maintenance foreman/woman
- telecommunication line maintenance supervisor
- telecommunication line repairers foreman/woman
- telecommunication line service supervisor
- telecommunication service foreman/woman
- telecommunication system installers and repairers foreman/woman
- telecommunications contractor
- telecommunications supervisor
- telephone equipment installers foreman/womantelephone equipment installers foreman, telephone equipment installers forewoman
- telephone installation foreman/woman
- telephone installation supervisor
- trouble foreman/woman – telecommunicationstrouble foreman – telecommunications, trouble forewoman – telecommunications
- troubleshooter foreman/woman – telecommunicationstroubleshooter foreman – telecommunications, troubleshooter forewoman – telecommunications
- underground electrical conduit foreman/woman
Exclusions
- Foreman/woman of electrical mechanics (See 7301 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)