Professional Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Timeline
apprentice lineman
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James Whisenhunt

Entergy Arkansas
Glenwood,AR
11
years of professional experience

I strive daily to bring a positive and productive attitude to the work environment.

I try to constantly learn new things and adapt so I can be more productive and skillful at my job. There is always something new to learn! I take pride in all my work and doing the best job possible.

Team player. I work well with others and come together to get a job done successfully!

Work History

Apprentice Lineman

8 Months
Entergy Arkansas | 12.2025 - Current
  • Assisted in installation and maintenance of electrical distribution systems.
  • Operated tools and equipment safely to support lineman activities.
  • Followed safety protocols to ensure compliance with industry standards.
  • Collaborated with team members to complete service requests efficiently.
  • Responded to emergencies and outages that required additional labor and assistance for repairs.

Construction Lineman

4 Years 2 Months
Windstream Telecommunications | 09.2021 - 11.2025

Installed underground & overhead main line fiber.

Lead working foreman position with crew.

Duties included reading and building out job prints, closing out jobs on job trac.

Managing and working with crew to meet job deadlines.

Worked after hour call outs on damaged underground and overhead cables, poles, pedestals etc to restore service to customers.

Located cables with locator and marked lines correctly, experience with 811 calls and identifying other utilities color and markings.

Wireline Operator

1 Year 8 Months
Perfx Wireline | 01.2020 - 09.2021

Built explosive tool strings to go down well; created fractures in the ground for the frac crew to come behind and frac sand.

Duties included wiring detonators to subs and stringing them together to build the Tool string. We built several tool strings in a shift daily to stay up to pace.

Worked long hours in various weather conditions as well as lifted heavy parts and tools to keep production flowing.

We worked as a team daily to be proficient, productive and safe.

Heavy Equipment Operator

4 Years 10 Months
CertainTeed | 03.2015 - 01.2020

Operated large 100 ton haul trucks to haul overburden (Dirt) in order to retrieve gypsum rock to be hauled from the mine to the plant.

Experience and job duties also included operating D8 bull dozers, large excavators, front end loaders and driving mack dump trucks to assist in the process of removing the Overburden.

Worked long hours and used consistent teamwork to meet daily goals.

Education

High School Diploma

Caddo Hills | Caddo Gap, AR | 05.2013

Skills

Cable locating
Electrical safety
Hazard identification/ safety oriented
First aid training
Class A CDL
Familiar with various amount of different tools
Proficient in using computers and software
productive in managing multiple tasks at once
Team player
Excellent customer service skills
Always available and consistent

Accomplishments

Class A CDL

First aid trained

Osha 10 completed

Timeline

Apprentice Lineman

Entergy Arkansas
12.2025 - CurrentRead More

Construction Lineman

Windstream Telecommunications
09.2021 - 11.2025Read More

Wireline Operator

Perfx Wireline
01.2020 - 09.2021Read More

Heavy Equipment Operator

CertainTeed
03.2015 - 01.2020Read More

Caddo Hills

High School Diploma
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