Rigger

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Assessment accommodation

This process is being carried out separately from our previous selection process number 18-DFO-WCCG-EA-CCG-237256 for rigger positions. Please note that the experiences and asset qualifications differ from one process to another. If you were unsuccessful in process number 18-DFO-WCCG-EA-CCG-237256 for rigger positions, you can apply to this process for consideration. If you were successful, you do not need to apply to this process, as both may be used to make appointments.

At Fisheries and Oceans Canada, we are proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Duties

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), retains a group of Outside plant Specialists in Prince Rupert. Your work would involve the maintenance of the complete communications system, which can be located on remote sites accessible only by marine vessels or helicopters. The sites and infrastructure we maintain are of critical importance to the safety of life at sea and to the safety and security of the areas they cover. Repair and maintenance to these sites is therefore required in all weather conditions and crew must be willing to work on and occasionally stay at remote sites with very limited access to typical work site services.

Your responsibilities include:
• Working safely at heights up to 400 feet in all weather conditions.
• Extensive field travel within Canada, including remote sites.
• Participating in all required training.
• Using all required Personal Protection Equipment.
• Maintaining current Marine Communications infrastructure.
• Building new infrastructure and communication sites, including towers
• Field testing of anchors, pull testing and elongation testing for construction.
• Frequent computer data entry in the field and at the base.
• Working professionally and interacting with your Foreman, co-workers, other workers and contractors.
• Field Slinging and Rigging: working with Boom and Gin pole systems, mechanical advantage systems, helicopters and ships
• Site grounding and bonding, Cable connection management.
• Performing the complete install and replacement of in house equipment including antennas of all types

Intent of the process

This advertisement will primarily be used to create a hiring pool from which the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) may use to staff temporary (casual, term, acting) or permanent (indeterminate) riggers in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. In addition, this process may be used to staff similar positions of various tenures in other Coast Guard locations if required.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 800 words (maximum) "Let us know a little about yourself, and why you would be interested in this position. Please highlight any previous rigger experience you have for us to consider."

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

This is what you need to have to be considered for possible job opportunities:

Current and valid Rope Access or Fall Arrest Certification
SPRAT or IRATA Level 1

Degree equivalency

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

Ability to communicate orally
Ability to communicate in writing

Initiative
Judgement
Dependability

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

If you have this, let us know as it may be required for specific job opportunities:

Forklift Operator’s Certification

Minimum 1 years’ experience working on guyed or self-supporting communication towers and other antenna supporting structures.
Experience in the installation, removal, and maintenance of antennas and transmission line systems respective to land based communications infrastructure
Experience in field or remote site operations.
Experience in the construction, modification, maintenance, repair, or life cycle management of CCG Aids to Navigation, associated facilities or assets.
Experience in working with helicopters.
Experience with working at height
Experience working in the Pacific marine environment and basic seamanship

Operational Requirements:
Domestic travel using various means of transportation such as ships, boats, planes, and helicopters, often on short notice
Ability and willingness to conduct site visits, involving walking over rough terrain and/or climbing stairs, ladders, scaffolding, or other structures
Work overtime as required

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

• Valid Health Canada Medical
• Willing and able to travel for up to 3 week periods of time to remote sites via trucks, boats and aircraft
• Willing and able to work weekends, overtime and travel on short notice
• Willing and able to access remote sites over rugged terrain and work outdoors in extremes of environmental conditions on land and at sea
• Valid driver’s licence
• Ability to climb towers and work at heights in excess of 2.4m

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

All job applications must be submitted using the www.canada.ca/government-jobs website. No application will be accepted by email.

Candidates will be communicated with via e-mail. In your application, please include the e-mail address that you wish to use for communication purposes throughout this recruitment initiative. It is your responsibility to verify your e-mail account on a regular basis.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Your résumé must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements.

Candidates will be required to provide proof of all education and occupational certifications.

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.