Transmission Line Worker
Hybrid-based
ONET: 49-9051.00
3
Years
39
Skills
522h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- Defensive Driving
- CPR/First Aid
- Hydraulic Derricks
- Pole Top Equipment - Transformers
- Safety in Meter Work
- Using Tools Workbook
- Multi Meter Operations & Workbook
- Transformer Troubleshooting
- Pole Top Rescue
- Pole Top Equipment - Capacitors
- 34.5 KV Rubber Gloves
- Forklift Training
- Pole Framing and Guying
- Safe Bucket Truck Operations
- Overhead Trouble Shooting II
- Defensive Driving
- Distribution
- Substations and Switchyards
- Intro to Transmission & Distribution Systems
- Working on Distribution Poles
- Safety in Substations and Switches
- Basic Electricity Theory
- Safety in Overhead Line Maintenance
- Distribution Line Safety
- 1st Aid and CPR
- Apprenticeship Orientation
- Bucket Truck Rescue Book Study
- Bucket Trucks 2
- Pole Top Equipment - Voltage Regulators
- Power Quality
- Bucket Truck Rescue (Video Review)
- Overhead Distribution Systems
- Pole Top Equipment - Switching Devices
- Tree Trimming Workbook
- Electrical Safety
- Bucket Trucks 1
- Transformer Connections
- Trouble Shooting Overhead Lines
- Climbing Wooden Poles
- Care and Testing of Equipment
- Overhead Trouble Shooting
- Pole Top Rescue (Video Review)
- Alternate Current Fundamentals
- Setting and Replacing Poles
- System Protection and Monitoring
- Signal Person
- Rigging 1
- Distribution Line Repairs
- Bucket Truck Rescue Advanced Rigging
- Introduction to Metering
- Rigging 2 Workbook
- Transmission Workbook
On-the-job training
- Prepares for work at job site with proper tools and equipment and a work plan that is sound, clearly communicated, and employs safety precautions
- Properly uses and maintains tools and equipment including saws, digging equipment, drills, wrenches, compressors, presses, crimpers and dies
- Properly uses and maintains electrical measuring and testing equipment such as voltage meters, multi-meters, phase sequence indicators, etc.
- Properly assembles and uses ropes and rigging (handlines, hoisting equipment, slings, shackles, etc.) to ensure personal safety and to move equipment and materials
- Operates vehicular equipment property, including trucks, diggers and aerial lifts
- Plans job tasks and prepares work sites properly including communicating plan to crew and identifying hazards
- Adheres to safety requirements including safety of the site, personal safety and safety of other workers and the community
- Abides by workplace health and safety rules, regulations, policies and best practices in carrying out job duties
- Provides job site protection for the general public.
- Performs hazard assessment and controls powerline hazards
- Controls environmental hazards
- Participates in workplace safety activities
- Utilizes personal protective devices and safety equipment properly and consistently (body harness, lanyard, anchor sling, etc.)
- Utilizes positioning devices and equipment properly (gaff, body belt, pole-choker, secondary lanyard, etc.)
- Installs electrical systems and related structures
- Frames and sets power poles properly
- Installs pole guys and anchors; attachments; breakers/rods; etc.
- Installs and assembles steel structures
- Installs steel structure guy wires and anchors
- Constructs, maintains, and repairs overhead and underground distribution assets
- Overhead - Strings overhead conductors properly and safely
- Overhead - Sags overhead conductors
- Overhead - Ties-in overhead conductors
- Overhead - Splices overhead conductors
- Underground - Digs trenches appropriately, using correct equipment and safety precautions – direct buried cables, ducted method, surface troughs, deep bore tunnels, cut and cover tunnels
- Underground - Selects appropriate components, cable sealants and compounds, joint bays, stop joints, water cooling systems (if applicable), using correct methods for insulating components and wires
- Underground - Identifies environmental hazards and barriers and plans/carries out appropriate mitigation strategies
- Underground - Identifies and mitigates land use restrictions
- Underground - Inspects, replaces and maintains cables and cable insulation at appropriate intervals and using correct materials and procedures
- Operates, maintains, and repairs distribution and transmission systems
- Operates overhead and/or underground transmission systems
- Operates overhead and/or underground distribution systems
- Performs station switching
- Inspects distribution and transmission systems
- Maintains poles and steel structures
- Maintains system components
- Identifies and mitigates environmental hazards (i.e., tree trimming, rodent infestations, erosion, etc.)
- Repairs overhead and/or underground distribution systems
- Repairs overhead and/or underground transmission systems including components (cross arms, conductors, poles and insulators), switches, terminations and other devices
- Finds and repairs power outages and performs emergency repairs
- Uses appropriate personal and environmental protective devices and techniques to secure the work area and protect human safety
- Identifies and reviews appropriate repair manuals or policies and procedures based on observed or reported fault
- Confirms power restoration after repairs
- Communicates effectively with first responders, dispatchers and members of the public to coordinate activities appropriately
- Accurately documents work performed, equipment or parts used and notes deferred maintenance needs
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