James Breland
Tatum,TX
Summary
Hardworking Aerial Lineman with a background inspecting poles and lines for damage and experienced in troubleshooting techniques. Organized employee with a strong work ethic and a terrific job attendance record. Highly communicative and offering great problem solving skills.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Aerial Lineman
LV3 Communications
Tyler, TX
06.2023 - Current
- Operated bucket trucks to safely install hardware on poles
- Tracked down locates for underground gas lines, power lines, telecom, water, sewer, oil lines
- Install and repair support strand for fiber optics
- Safely used hand tools daily such as drills, wrenches, lanyards, lashers, chainsaws, climbing gear, and much more
- Maintained and organized blueprints while jigging fiber and strand construction
- Track down lengths per span to maintain enough materials and fiber optics for splice points/ storage loops
Aerial Lineman
Race Communications
Woodville, CA
01.2023 - 06.2023
- Briefly went over rules and regulations to minimize injuries
- Safely Operated Machinery such as; Bucket Trucks, Digger Derricks, excavators
- Removed old Cross arms, Cable arms, Guard arms, Bad down guys
- Installed newest up to date fiber optics
- Climbed Poles in easements to perform the work that wasn't accessible with a bucket
- Set new poles when needed both in back yards and on street side
Electrician
Central Valley Electric
Visalia, CA
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Prevented system breakdowns by routinely inspecting and replacing wiring and insulated cables
- Inverted Direct Current Solar Panels to Alternating Current systems to power agricultural farms
- Used testing voltmeters to verify compatibility and safety of systems and insure proper voltages to protect failures
- Installed conduit and pulled wires to complete circuits between inverters
- Inspected equipment and components to identify and correct hazards
- Insure all wire connections were done in a safely and in a timely matter to insure the meter release was on time
Education
Electrical Lineworker
Northwest Lineman College
Texas 09-2022
High School Diploma -
Porterville High School
Porterville, CA06-2019
Associate of Arts - Wildland/Forest Firefighting And Investigation
Porterville College
Porterville, CASkills
- Electrical System Testing
- Power Cable Connection
- Meter Reading
- Electrical Safety
- Transformer Connection
- Hand and Power tool operation
- Conduit and Pipe laying
- Local code compliance
- Wire Installation
- Rigging
- Emergency Repairs
- Crew assistance
- Electrical power line maintenance
- Transformer removal
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Heavy Lifting
Timeline
Aerial Lineman
LV3 Communications
06.2023 - Current
Aerial Lineman
Race Communications
01.2023 - 06.2023
Electrician
Central Valley Electric
01.2022 - 05.2022
Electrical Lineworker
Northwest Lineman College
High School Diploma -
Porterville High School
Associate of Arts - Wildland/Forest Firefighting And Investigation
Porterville College