NOC 2021 · 72205 · TEER 2
Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians
Unit group 72205 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians install, test, maintain and repair cable and satellite television, internet signal and associate equipment, telephones, telephone switching equipment and other telecommunications equipment related to transmission and processing of voice, video signals and other data over a variety of media including fibre optics, microwave, radio and satellite. They are employed by cable and satellite television, telephone and other telecommunications transmission service companies. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- apprentice communication electrician - switching
- apprentice electrician - telecommunications equipment
- apprentice telephone switchman/woman
- army communication and information systems specialist
- branch exchange repairer - telecommunications
- business telephone equipment installer and repairer
- business telephone equipment maintainer
- cable station tester - telecommunications
- cable television service installation technician
- cable television service technician
- cablevision servicer
- cellular phone installer
- cellular telephone technician
- central office equipment inspector - telecommunications
- central office equipment installer - telecommunications
- central office equipment maintainer - telecommunications
- central office equipment repairer - telecommunications
- central office frame servicer - telecommunications
- central office repairer - telecommunications
- central office technician - telecommunications
- central office tester - telecommunications
- charging equipment attendant - telecommunications
- combination man/woman - telecommunications
- communication electrician - network craft
- communication electrician apprentice - network craft
- communication systems technician
- communications electrician - telecommunications
- community antenna television (CATV) service installation technician
- complaint service technician - telecommunications
- direct broadcast satellite (DBS) technician - cable television
- districtman/woman - telecommunications
- electronic communications technician
- electronics apprentice - community antenna television
- equipment installer and repairer - telecommunications
- exchange installer and repairer - telecommunications
- exchange tester - telecommunications
- facilities man/woman - telecommunications
- facilities wirer - telecommunications
- facsimile equipment installer
- frame wirer - telephone
- frameman/woman - telecommunications
- head end technician - cable television
- installation and repair technician - telecommunications
- installation service technician - cable television
- installer - telecommunications
- mobile radio installer - telecommunications
- mobile radio technician - telecommunications
- mobile radiotelephone installer
- private branch exchange (PBX) and private automatic branch exchange (PABX) inspector - telecommunications
- private branch exchange (PBX) and private automatic branch exchange (PABX) installer - telecommunications
- private branch exchange (PBX) and private automatic branch exchange (PABX) installer and repairer - telecommunications
- private branch exchange (PBX) and private automatic branch exchange (PABX) repairer - telecommunications
- private branch exchange (PBX) inspector - telecommunications
- private branch exchange (PBX) installer - telecommunications
- private branch exchange (PBX) repairer - telecommunications
- racker - telecommunications
- radiotelephone installer and repairer
- regulator and tester - telecommunications
- relay adjuster - telecommunications
- relay tester - telecommunications
- repeater installer - telecommunications
- repeater tester and adjuster - telecommunications
- rural telephone maintainer
- satellite receiver installer
- satellite receiving equipment installer
- satellite television service installation technician
- service centre technician - telecommunications
- service inspector - telecommunications
- shop repairer - telecommunications
- special services technician - telecommunications
- switch network installer and repairer - telecommunications
- switch network installer and repairwoman - telecommunications
- switched communication electrician
- switched network repairer
- switched networks installer
- switchman/woman - telecommunications
- telecommunication equipment tester and regulator
- telecommunication line tester
- telecommunications equipment electrician
- telecommunications equipment inspector
- telecommunications equipment installer
- telecommunications equipment technician
- telecommunications service tester
- telecommunications technician
- telephone and teleprinter installer-repairer
- telephone central office distribution frame maintainer
- telephone central office repairer - telecommunications
- telephone communication electrician
- telephone communication technician
- telephone equipment installer and repairer
- telephone equipment tester
- telephone exchange distribution frame maintainer
- telephone exchange repairer - telecommunications
- telephone exchange tester
- telephone facilities evaluator
- telephone installer
- telephone line and station installer
- telephone relay tester
- telephone repairer
- telephone servicer
- telephone shop repairer
- telephone station installer
- telephone station repairer
- telephone switchboard installer and repairer
- telephone switchman/woman
- telephone system relay adjuster
- telephone technician - telecommunications
- telephone tester
- telephone toll central office tester
- telephone traffic inspector
- teleprinter installer - telecommunications
- teleprinter repairer
- teletype installer - telecommunications
- teletype repairer - telecommunications
- teletypewriter (TTY) installer - telecommunications
- teletypewriter (TTY) repairer
- television cable servicer
- television receive only (TVRO) technician
- terminal and repeater tester - telecommunications
- test desk operator - telecommunications
- toll communication electrician
- toll equipment man/woman - telecommunications
- toll switchman/woman - telecommunications
- toll telephone exchange tester
- transmission tester - telecommunications
- wireman/woman - telecommunications
- wirer - telecommunications
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$33.80 an hour
Low $21.63, high $42.86
Where it pays most
- Lethbridge--Medicine Hat · Alberta$39.17
- Prince Albert · Saskatchewan$39.08
- Saskatoon--Biggar · Saskatchewan$38.74
- Yorkton--Melville · Saskatchewan$38.44
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$38.28
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $30.00 | $21.63 – $37.50 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $30.00 | $21.63 – $37.50 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $30.00 | $18.00 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $30.00 | $21.63 – $37.50 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $34.68 | $21.00 – $44.70 | Limited |
| Ontario | $33.00 | $20.00 – $41.03 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $32.00 | $20.00 – $40.38 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $38.00 | $24.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $37.05 | $25.00 – $42.86 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $36.71 | $22.00 – $43.00 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 62 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $31.69 | $24.18 – $38.91 | Good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $35.32 | $27.55 – $43.13 | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $32.26 | $24.30 – $39.92 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $32.30 | $25.31 – $39.92 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $29.93 | $22.15 – $36.35 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $31.25 | $22.68 – $39.82 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $33.36 | $22.72 – $40.47 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $33.00 | $24.23 – $38.46 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $33.92 | $22.89 – $41.52 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $35.23 | $24.37 – $40.52 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $30.25 | $20.80 – $40.66 | Undetermined |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $33.08 | $24.79 – $41.44 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $36.82 | $26.27 – $47.85 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $34.61 | $25.10 – $44.48 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $35.22 | $24.54 – $43.87 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $35.13 | $26.74 – $43.75 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $34.24 | $25.39 – $44.18 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $35.00 | $30.00 – $40.58 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $34.63 | $24.47 – $44.78 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $36.06 | $18.00 – $52.00 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $35.64 | $25.74 – $46.85 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $34.88 | $25.21 – $45.32 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $34.00 | $20.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $34.66 | $25.28 – $44.68 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $34.54 | $25.52 – $44.16 | Limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $33.95 | $23.80 – $44.73 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $33.00 | $20.00 – $41.03 | Limited |
| Toronto | Ontario | $33.00 | $22.00 – $37.00 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $34.82 | $23.59 – $43.15 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $33.77 | $22.96 – $40.25 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $34.16 | $25.02 – $43.50 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $33.04 | $22.57 – $42.42 | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $35.61 | $27.03 – $46.04 | Limited |
| Northeast | Ontario | $35.50 | $25.19 – $45.98 | Limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $36.14 | $26.87 – $45.07 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $37.47 | $26.92 – $48.40 | Undetermined |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $36.54 | $22.25 – $43.27 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $36.00 | $20.00 – $40.38 | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $37.00 | $24.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $37.89 | $27.49 – $44.00 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $38.74 | $25.87 – $43.11 | Moderate |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $38.44 | $29.84 – $45.90 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $39.08 | $28.91 – $44.14 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $39.17 | $30.37 – $48.55 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $37.29 | $29.00 – $44.38 | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $37.26 | $27.17 – $46.52 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $38.28 | $30.89 – $47.85 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $37.43 | $28.00 – $45.39 | Undetermined |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $37.55 | $27.27 – $46.64 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $36.71 | $22.00 – $43.00 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $35.00 | $21.50 – $38.16 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $36.71 | $22.00 – $43.00 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.