4799 - Lineman Apprentice 5

Description

• Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls according to a set procedure.
• Climb and maintain balance on steel framework, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds.
• Identify defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical‐testing instruments.
• Coordinate work with other crafts and co‐workers on the job.
• String wire conductors and cables between poles, towers, trenches, pylons, and buildings, setting lines in place and using winches to adjust tension.
• Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites. Travel in trucks, helicopters, and airplanes to inspect lines for freedom from obstruction and adequacy of insulation.
• Climb poles or use truck‐mounted buckets to access equipment.
• Dig holes, using augers, and set poles, using cranes and power equipment.
• Clean, tin, and splice corresponding conductors by twisting ends together or by joining ends with metal clamps and soldering connections.
• Report all accidents and near misses to supervisor; participate in investigation process as needed.
• Participate in all pre‐job work planning and safety discussions; Identify safety hazards you or other employees may be subject to and take all necessary corrective action to eliminate and/or mitigate hazards.
• Stand, Kneel, Bend, Stoop, move in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven areas, see and hear naturally or with correction.
• Attach cross‐arms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them. Replace or straighten damaged poles.
• Place insulating or fireproofing materials over conductors and joints.
• Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers.
• Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment.
• May utilize equipment to excavate for foundations, layout and install ground grid, utilize equipment to spread rock, or operate manlift.
• Follow established safety rules and regulations and maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Help install, maintain, inspect, test, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches according to electrical diagrams and specifications.
• Understand, support, and follow lockout/tag out procedures. Attend site specific training and assure you follow all procedures as out lined in training.
• Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduit running through the trenches.
• Listen to co-workers’ suggestions, safety concerns, and recommendations giving full attention to what they are saying and take the time to understand the points being made, asking questions, and providing feedback when appropriate.
• Use appropriate hand (i.e., drill, screwdriver) and power tools to properly measure, cut, assemble, install, test or repair cables or wires; and install all other related items in accordance with the applicable plans and specifications.
• Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
• Open switches or attach grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs.
• Work around hazardous equipment.
• Lift and carry heavy items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Participate in all safety related processes and programs as requested. Engage with your work team to ensure we achieve zero injuries. Understand that no job is so important that your safety and that of your crew will be compromised. Watch for hazards and report any concerns to your supervisor or safety professional. If needed, use your stop work authority until the issue is resolved.

Requirements

• NCCER Core Curriculum or equivalent Craft Training Program
• Requires working in cramped workspaces and getting into awkward positions.
• Use effective verbal and written communication skills. Add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers and fractions rapidly and accurately.
• Work up to a 12-hour shift doing hard physical labor in varying temperature extremes and other outside conditions.
• Requires working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions
• Includes exposure to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable.
• Requires working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32F degrees) temperatures and exposure to inclement weather such as dust, wind, snow, rain, etc.
• Requires repetitive movement.
• Understand and respond appropriately to all safety hazards and warning devices (i.e., back‐up alarms, smell of smoke, different colored warning tags, warning sirens).
• Full range of motion and flexibility consistent with requirements of the job duties.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance