Apprentice Lineman

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIREMENTS

• Comply with all aspects of the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program
• Respond to emergency calls as needed
• Learn and apply troubleshooting procedures
• Attend all required meetings
• Complete all training programs, book work, and testing in a timely manor
• Ability to perform manual labor
• Climb utility poles and work from an aerial truck
• Requires ability to work under inclement weather conditions
• Perform the operation, maintenance, and repair of all pertinent machinery, vehicles, equipment, and tools
• Detect safety hazards and institute appropriate corrective procedures
• Construct, maintain, and repair primary and secondary electrical service lines and substations as directed during the apprenticeship
• Follow verbal and written instructions
• Establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships with co-workers and the general public
• Must be able to obtain a CDL, Class A within one year of employment

ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF THE JOB

• Full compliance with the requirements of the Village of Rantoul/IBEW Local 51 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program. The Apprentice is to comply with the certification of professional development coursework outlined in the program
• Duties during the program include safe work practices and the operation of the electric utility, operation of the equipment, line tools, climbing, tree trimming on secondary lines; learn to work under the direction of a senior employee
• Under direct supervision of a senior employee, continue to learn the operation of additional equipment and tools, recognize and applications of materials, secondary service connections, service work and climbing to secondary heights
• Progress to transferring energized secondary lines; learns to climb to primary line heights and works on de-energized conductors; learns to install materials and assemblies such as transformer stations
• Additional climbing and operations of the aerial (bucket) truck for secondary and service work including single phase and three phase de-energized lines; work on various underground and overhead construction; trim trees with sticks to energized primary lines of up to 4160 volts and wiring of single and three phase transformers
• By the third year, the apprentice, under direct supervision of a senior employee, should be exposed and adept at climbing, bucket work to advanced skills of secondary and service work; learns additional underground and overhead construction methods, works under supervision on single phase and energized primary lines/hookups and hot stick work including fusing and installation of hot line clamps; performs tree trimming around single phase lines in the bucket and fully understands the wiring of P.T.s and C.T.s in metering cabinets
• Performs climbing and bucket work learning advanced skills in single phase primary work; continues learning underground and overhead construction, performs three phase energized primary work in a bucket under supervision and works on three phase line trimming

BENEFITS

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Long Term Disability, IMRF,, 457 Plans
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Flex Spending, AFLAC, Legal Shield

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  Vacation Time
• Sick Time, Personal Days
• 12 Paid Holidays

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION