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In order to help students gain experience in wireless communications, we initiated our summer employment program for students in 2004. The erection of communication towers, installation of microwave antennas, wave guides and other infra structure work is typically done by men but as we learned, women too can hold their own in this male dominated industry. During the summer of 2004 our female summer student learned to climb towers, operated the capstan winch, reinforced towers, installed wave guides and transmission lines, installed connectors, replaced tower lights, learned about different types of electromagnetic radiation levels and relevant details about Health Canada's Safety Code 6. Other skills were also acquired such as the maintenance and painting of communication shelters, checking tower top amplifiers, checking for water in connectors and other field related work.

 

On the left, Monica Walke, a science student from the university of Guelph helped to strengthen a 300 ft tower in eastern Ontario. Photo on the right shows Ms. Walke with another rigger being hoisted by crane. The basket enabled the riggers to reach Tower Top Amplifiers (TTAs) on a monopole tower that would be otherwise very difficult to get to.

Maintenance work on a 300 ft guyed tower in the Ottawa area.

 

 

Summer Student in 2005

We hired Virginia Reebs as our summer student for June, July and August. Virginia is a now a first year student at the University of Toronto, studying Political Science. Virginia had previous summer jobs in construction related areas, demonstrated good mechanical aptitude, was comfortable working at heights and quickly adopted to a working environment of long days, remote locations engaging in a variety of different tasks.

 

On top of a high-rise building in Ottawa on a 150 ft tower, aligning a microwave link

 

One of the 5 x 200 ft AM towers that were re-painted for a local Ottawa radio station. This was slow work with many hours on the tower, first painting the orange sections and then the white sections. Here Virginia is seen near the base, finishing off tower number 3.

 

Assembly and subsequent installation of a 3-Bay FM broadcasting antenna near Pembroke, Ontario on a 300 ft tower

 

On a 500 ft broadcasting tower near the US border with the state of New-York, investigating a microwave link failure

 

 

SUMMER  STUDENT  IN  2007/8

  

Kyla prepared the load line for hoisting

Installation of microwave antenna

Installation of connector

 

Kyla Kassotis was a 2nd year student from Carleton University when we hired her for the summer of 2007. Kyla then joined us again for the early part of the summer in 2008 before she went on a trip through Europe. Kyla learned to operate the capstan winch, hoisting material up towers, helped with tag-lines, assembled and disassembled communication towers, installed connectors on transmission lines, assembled microwave antennas and assisted with the regular day-to-day operation of ground crews in the field.

 

 

SUMMER  STUDENT  IN  2008

Stephan Walke had just finished high school and joined us from Paisley for the summer before going off in the fall to spend a

year in different parts of Canada working in the Katimavik program. While working for Alpha-Beta, Stephane learned how

to build tower foundations, install rebar, how to install rock anchors assemble communication towers, climb towers and study

the various requirements of the Canada Labour Code, Part II pertaining to working at heights. Stephan also learned to

appreciate a nap on the way home after a 14 hour day in the field.

 

Stephan Walke and Aaron Ward climbing a free-standing tower