| LINE WORKER: What will you do? |
What competencies will you need? (built on energy foundational competencies—incremental as career advances) |
| Note: Most utilities use a pre-employment test—to pass you will need math, communications, problem solving, and mechanical reasoning skills. |
Starting off as a Line Helper:
- Provide assistance to line crew by providing tools and equipment
- Make work area safe
- Drive equipment to job site
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- Teamwork
- Be comfortable with heights
- Able to drive heavy commercial vehicles
- Able to lift 75 lbs
- Listen and follow directions
- Come to work on time
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Apprenticeship Training Components:
- Alternating Current / Direct Current
- Pole climbing
- Stringing cable
- Installing transformers and other pole top equipment
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- Apply knowledge learned during training to work environment
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Lineworker:
- Install equipment on poles
- Climb poles
- Identify defective devices such as fuses, switches, and wires
- Lay underground cable
- Inspect and test power lines
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- Define how the various parts of systems interact (e.g., parts of the distribution systems) and diagnose the effect on the system of changes or malfunctions in its parts
- Solve problems involving limited options by applying common sense understandings such as selecting the correct cutting tool or proper gauge of wire for a job
- Listen to and understand customer needs
- Be able to stand for long periods of time
- Understand mechanical relationships in practical situations such as understanding leverage, how pulleys work, and the direction gear arrangements turn
- Visualize length, width, thickness, height, or depth and the differences among shapes, widths, or lengths
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Senior-Level Crew Leaders:
- Supervise crew members
- Determine schedules and work activities
- Check for unsafe work conditions
- Communicate with customers
- Install equipment on poles
- Climb poles
- Identify defective devices such as fuses, switches, and wires
- Lay underground cable
- Inspect and test power lines
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- Handle customer concerns and issues
- Assign priority or sequence to the steps for completing a job
- Coordinate several competing activities for efficient use of time and material
- Adapt work procedures or priorities in response to changing or unforeseen requirements or conditions
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Supervisor:
- Schedule and oversee work of line crews
- Review crew member performance and provide feedback
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- Financial management
- Computer skills for report preparation
- People management
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Energy Industry Competency Model
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Energy industry careers offer:
- Excellent salaries
- Opportunities for advancement
- Job growth & stability
- Community service
- Great benefits
Where can I find training?
Use the Get Into Energy Training Program Locator at getintoenergy.com/googleapp.
Where can I find a job?
Use the Get Into Energy Jobs website at getintoenergy.jobs. |