BENJAMIN COOK
Arnot,United States
Summary
I am a hard-working, safety-oriented apprentice lineman. I went to the Southeast Linemen Training Center I've worked for Henckels & McCoy and currently at North Penn telephone as a telecommunication lineman, climbing poles and building pole routes running strand and fiber optic cable, splicing fiber optic cable from single fiber drops to 432 cable splices. I always show up on time. Can work in all elements, work well under pressure, follow directions, and I’m a fast learner. I like to be outdoors, fishing, exercising , working on cars, spending time with family and learning about the trade.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Telecommunications Technician
North Penn Telephone
11.2024 - Current
- Installed and configured new devices and system components.
- Efficiently troubleshot fiber-optic connections resulting in quicker restoration of services following outages.
- Installed and repaired network cabling, hardware and software to maximize operational efficiency.
- Monitored and performed maintenance on telecommunications systems to facilitate optimal performance.
- Responded to service requests during and after business hours.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all installations, repairs, and inspections for easy reference in future troubleshooting efforts.
- Building new pole routes running strand and fiber optic cable
- Climbing poles / bucket work
- Good work ethic always on time
- On call working at all hours of the day
Apprentice Lineman
Henkels & McCoy
03.2024 - 05.2024
- Worked as a climber for telecommunications
- Attaching steel strand to poles for fiber
- Tensioning the wire
- Attaching down guys
- Tensioning down guys
- Driving the bucket truck
- Working off of belt and gaffs
- Working out of the bucket
- Grounding strand
- Loading wire onto bucket truck
- Climbing poles
- Worked on a 4 man crew
Apprentice lineman
Southeast Lineman Training Center
09.2023 - 12.2023
- Building distribution lines
- Climbing poles
- Hurt man rescue
- Bucket rescue
- Tensioning wire
- Placing down guys
- Placing anchor rods
- Placing poles
- Driving bucket truck
- Driving digger Derrick
- Operating digger Derrick
- Attaching double and single cross arms
- Attaching and building the neutral
- Setting up and tearing down an equipotential zone off of gaffs
- Using shot gun stick
- Using extendo stick
- Using strap hoist
- Using chain hoist
- Using guy grip and wire grip
- Learned to Slack the wire properly and used the correct tools to do so
- Learned how to wire a transformer in both wye or delta configurations single and three phase
- Learned basic electricity, transformers, rigging, electrical systems
- Fixed broken lines and hardware in the dark
- Doing up preforms and straight splices
- How to splice rope
- Used hand lines, used bull ropes
- Hung transformers off of gaffs
- Osha 10 certification
- Digger Derrick operator certification
- CPR/AED certification
- NCCER certification
- Flagger certification
- Climber certification
- Climbed transmission towers
Education
Line work - Apprentice lineman -
Southeast Lineman Training Center
Trenton, GA09.2023
High School -
North Penn - Liberty High School
Liberty, PA06.2022
Skills
- Hard working
- Easy to work with
- Polite
- Follows directions well
- Leadership
- Safety oriented
- Problem solver
- Highly Motivated
- Fast learner
- First Aid/CPR
- Employee performance reviews
- Troubleshooting
- Certified climber
- Hurtman rescue / Bucket rescue
- Working at heights off hooks / bucket
- Tensioning cable at heights off hooks
- Crossarm assembling single and double arm off hooks
- Mounting transformer to pole off hooks / out of bucket
Certification
- Osha 10 certification
- Digger Derrick operator certification
- CPR/AED certification
- NCCER certification
- Flagger certification
- Climber certification
Timeline
Telecommunications Technician
North Penn Telephone
11.2024 - Current
Apprentice Lineman
Henkels & McCoy
03.2024 - 05.2024
Apprentice lineman
Southeast Lineman Training Center
09.2023 - 12.2023
Line work - Apprentice lineman -
Southeast Lineman Training Center
High School -
North Penn - Liberty High School
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