Journeyman Lineman

Representative Duties

• Digs, sets and frames transmission and distribution poles; may be required to make hot sets into voltages up to 115,000 volts;
• Installs transformers and builds transformer banks;
• Strings primary conductors through energized circuits of voltages up to 115,000 volts in overhead and underground construction, operation and maintenance on distribution and transmission lines;
• Transfers conductors, devices, and apparatus of voltages up to 115,000 volts;
• Operates equipment normally associated in the construction and maintenance of transmission and distribution lines, including but not limited to boom trucks, bucket trucks, and backhoes;
• Performs maintenance on transformers and switchgear devices in substations;
• Climbs utility poles and steel structures;
• Installs and maintains 3-phase transformers;
• Installs and maintains both primary and secondary underground circuits;
• Installs proper grounds while working on de-energized transmission and distribution circuits;
• Climbs and performs work on wood poles by use of climbing hooks and belts;
• Climbs and performs work on steel, aluminum, and other types of transmission and distribution structures;
• Performs related duties as required.

  Qualifications

  • Knowledge Of Operations, services and activities of an electric utility construction, maintenance, and repair program;
  • Modern standards, methods and procedures involved in the maintenance, construction, and repair of electric distribution systems;
  • Method and techniques of overhead and underground power line construction and maintenance;
  • Basic electric distribution design practices and concepts as they relate to line construction and maintenance;
  • Occupational hazards and standard safety precautions;
  • Operational characteristics of a variety of maintenance and repair tools and equipment used in electric distribution systems;
  • Basic electrical meter theory, practices and devices;
  • Typical control systems and wiring utilized in electrical substation equipment;
  • Basic methods and techniques of calibrating a variety of electrical and electronic equipment;
  • Operational characteristics of diagnostic equipment tools and devices;
  • The operation of transmission and distribution substations and all associated devices;
  • Pertinent Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations.

  Education/Training

  • Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade and successful completion of an indentured apprenticeship program;
  • Two years of increasingly responsible electric utility maintenance experience.