Congratulations if you are considering a career in linework. You have selected one of the highest paying and most exciting trades that exist. It is also a trade that has many career paths that provide many inspiring challenges along with significant financial rewards. Warren County Career Center’s Electrical Power Line Mechanic Program is an intensified nine-month fundamental training program that is designed for men and women who want to pursue a career in linework.
Highly trained, qualified workers are in demand for the linework occupation. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, training of line installers, repairers, technicians, and erectors is critical. Approximately 40% of the current workforce is expected to retire in the next five years, which will leave a vacancy of about 11,300 jobs nationwide. With the expanded network of electrical power lines delivering electricity to an ever-increasing customer base, it is critical that training opportunities be available.
The Electrical Power Line Mechanic Program is provided for those individuals that wish to work as electrical lineworkers in the power delivery industry. The Warren County Career Center’s program provides the necessary skills needed to be highly productive on utility and construction company linecrews. The program is nine months in length and focuses strongly on students learning the academic and field skills necessary to be successful as apprentice lineworkers. Safety is tightly woven into every aspect of the training. Those who complete the Warren County Career Center’s program can expect to be some of the most competitive apprentice lineworker candidates in the country.
Program Length: Approximately nine months 900 contact hours (intensive hands on)
Special Admission Requirements
Applicants must meet general admission requirements as well as the following special requirements:
• 18 years of age by program graduation date
• high school diploma or GED
• valid driver’s license
• Enjoy outdoor work
• physically able to climb
• pre-screening aptitude test
Certification/Equipment Training
• CDL Class A
• Truck Operation (Bucket Trucks and Digger Trucks)
• OSHA 10-Hour
• CPR/First Aid
CURRICULUM CONCENTRATION
• Basic Lineworker Skills
• Basic Electricity
• Circuit and Voltage Identification
• Low Voltage Test Equipment
• Use of Secondary Fault Equipment
• High Voltage Detectors
• Install Overhead Service
• Install and Tag Direct Burial Cable
• Safety
• Interpersonal Skills
• Teamwork Skills
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Specialized Tools and Equipment
• Material Identification
• Basic Knots and Splices
• Pole Climbing
• Specialty Tools
• Insulating Protective Equipment
• Digger-Derrick and Bucket Truck Operation
• Bucket Rescue
• Pole Rescue
• Firefighting
• CDL-Class A
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An Electrical Lineman installs and repairs cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution system, installs insulators, erects wooden poles, and light or heavy duty transmission towers. Cable splicer and troubleshooter are also roles performed by an electrical lineman. Electrical lineman are in particularly high demand during emergency situations when power lines are downed or damaged, by such natural disasters as tornados, hurricanes, or ice storms.
-- Dictionary of Occupational Titles 821.361-026
For more information, call Ben Brigham 513-932-8145 ext. 5272 or email Ben.Brigham@mywccc.org.