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Position Summary:
Aerospace Telecommunications and Information Systems Technicians perform, supervise and direct the repair and maintenance of all types of Air Force & Joint telecommunications and information systems. They also manage and maintain mobile and fixed satellite communications systems, microwave systems, switchboards, cable plants, and all forms of command and control computer systems and networks.
Aerospace Telecommunications and Information Systems Technicians perform preventive and corrective maintenance, system restoration, special inspections, modifications, installations and acceptance checks, as well as the repair and overhaul of all types of telecommunications, navigation and cryptographic systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform inspections, performance tests and adjustments on strategic and tactical fixed and mobile telecommunications equipment
- Maintain and/or advise other occupations on the maintenance of the electromechanical and refrigeration requirements of telecommunications equipment
- Perform installations and acceptance tests
- Liaise with all levels of command and functional groups, including base level personnel
- Manage the life-cycle of material related to various telecommunications and information systems
- Perform repairs, overhaul and support maintenance on telecommunications equipment
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on all types of radios, radar and data processing, cryptographic, terminal, audio and video equipment
- Deploy as part of the Air Force Support Capability as part of 8 Air Communications and Control Squadron, as part of a Tactical Control Radar Squadron, as part of the Canadian Forces Joint Signals Regiment, or as part of all CANSOFCOM Units
Required Education & Experience:
The minimum required education to apply for this position is the completion of the provincial requirements for Grade 10 or equivalent (Secondary IV in Quebec) with Grade 10 applied Math (Math 416 / CST IV in Quebec). Foreign education may be accepted.