该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 安装、维护、故障排除和维修配电和传输系统，包括架空和地下电力线和电缆、绝缘体、导体、避雷器、开关、变压器和其他相关设备
• 架设和维护钢、木或混凝土杆、塔和拉线
• 使用拼接工具、相关电气设备和工具拼接、焊接和绝缘导体及相关布线，以连接配电和传输网络
• 使用电气测试设备检查和测试架空和地下电力线路和电缆以及辅助设备
• 在高空电线杆和塔上工作时爬梯子或操作液压铲斗，或在密闭空间（例如沟槽和隧道）中工作以安装电力线和电缆及相关设备
• 安装和维护街道照明系统
• 与其他工人沟通，协调工作任务的准备和完成。

• 通常需要完成中学学业。
• 电力线和电缆工人通常需要完成为期三年或四年的省级线工/女工学徒计划或四年以上的行业工作经验和一些高中、大学或行业电气技术课程的组合.
• 在纽芬兰和拉布拉多、新斯科舍、爱德华王子岛、新不伦瑞克、安大略、萨斯喀彻温、艾伯塔、不列颠哥伦比亚、育空地区、西北地区和努纳武特，电力线技术人员可以获得行业认证，但这是自愿的。
• 电力线技术人员（建筑）行业认证在纽芬兰和拉布拉多可用，但属于自愿性质。
• 在新不伦瑞克省，可获得配电建筑巡边员/女性的行业认证，但这是自愿的。
• 合格的电力线技术人员在成功完成省际红印章考试后也可以获得红印章背书。

• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升到主管职位。
• 红印章背书允许跨省流动。

• 线路和电缆工人主管（72011 承包商和主管，电气行业和电信职业）
• 电力系统电工（72202）
• 电信线路和电缆安装和维修工（72204）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems including overhead and underground power lines and cables, insulators, conductors, lightning arrestors, switches, transformers and other associated equipment
• Erect and maintain steel, wood or concrete poles, towers and guy wires
• Splice, solder and insulate conductors and related wiring to connect power distribution and transmission networks using splicing tools, related electrical equipment and tools
• Inspect and test overhead and underground power lines and cables and auxiliary equipment using electrical test equipment
• Climb ladders or operate hydraulic buckets when working aloft on poles and towers, or work in confined spaces such as trenches and tunnels to install power lines and cables and associated equipment
• Install and maintain street lighting systems
• Communicate with other workers to coordinate the preparation and completion of work assignments.

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a provincial three- or four-year lineman/woman apprenticeship program or a combination of over four years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in electrical technology is usually required for electrical power line and cable workers.
• Trade certification for powerline technicians is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
• Trade certification for powerline technicians (construction) is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Trade certification for distribution construction linemen/women is available, but voluntary, in New Brunswick.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified powerline technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
• The Red Seal endorsement allows for interprovincial mobility.

• Line and cable workers supervisor (in 72011 Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations)
• Power system electricians (72202)
• Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers (72204)