James R. Rippeteau
Hendersonville,TN
Summary
Jounreyman Lineman with training and experience installing electrical lines, transformers, switches and circuit breakers for municipal utility companies. Exceptional safety record and teamwork history. Knowledge of outage restoration, disaster response, and service relocation.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Apprentice Lineman/journeyman Lineman
Davis H. Elliot
05.2023 - Current
- Installed and maintained overhead and underground power lines according to safety protocols.
- Assisted in troubleshooting electrical issues, ensuring swift resolution to minimize downtime.
- Operated various tools and equipment, including bucket trucks and diggers, for efficient line work.
- Collaborated with senior linemen to implement safety measures during high-risk operations.
Apprentice Lineman C-B
MDR Construction
01.2021 - 04.2023
- Worked with construction crews to route and re-route power lines around new builds either via above-ground lines or below-ground utilities.
- Worked to string, splice and transfer wire in both energized and de-energized circuits.
- Traveled to multiple locations as part of disaster recovery response following widespread destruction resulting from storms.
- Responded to emergency repair calls to conduct line switching or sectionalizing to reroute current and speed service restoration.
- Installed and removed primary and secondary current transformers and self-contained meters.
- Positioned boom trucks and man lifts to reach lines, transformers and existing connections.
- Shortened and lengthened wires and lines to connect transformers, lighting units or signals.
- Worked on both dead and energized lines.
- Observed company safety rules and regulations to minimize workplace accidents and reduce electric shocks.
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
- Maintained solid safety record with no OSHA-recordable incidents.
- Resagged loose lines to prevent failures.
Apprentice Lineman
Irby Construction
09.2020 - 01.2021
- I worked on building concrete transmission structures
- I acquired 453 working hours towards my apprenticeship.
- Maintained solid safety record with no OSHA-recordable incidents.
- Assisted Journeyman Lineman with work to learn trade and practice techniques.
- Worked to string, splice and transfer wire in both energized and de-energized circuits.
Apprentice Lineman
Capital Electric Line Builders
05.2019 - 01.2020
- Acquired 1192 working hours towards my apprenticeship
- Observed company safety rules and regulations to minimize workplace accidents and reduce electric shocks.
- Worked on wood distribution poles, transmission steel H structures
- Traveled with Capital Electric to Fayetteville AK, Stillwell OK, Disney OK, and Langley OK, to continue my apprenticeship to be a Journeyman Lineman.
- Assisted in setting up pulling equipment and tensioner to string conductors and fiber on to new structures.
- Operating equipment such as dump truck, skidsteer, bucket trucks, digger trucks, road tractors, etc.
- Added or removed wire to shorten or lengthen lines, using various types of splices, connectors and clamps.
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
- Used climbers, bucket lifts and safety equipment for work at heights reaching as much as 110 feet above ground.
- Traveled to Florida as part of disaster recovery response following widespread destruction resulting from storms.
Groundman
B.E.S.C.O
05.2018 - 03.2019
- Acquired 2004 hours of work experience as a groundman
- Removed old wood distribution poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
- Positioned bucket trucks and man lifts to reach lines, transformers and existing connections.
- Traveled to North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee, as part of disaster recovery response following widespread destruction resulting from storms.
- Assisted Journeyman Lineman with work to learn trade and practice techniques.
- Added or removed wire to shorten or lengthen lines, using various types of splices, connectors and clamps.
Education
Pre-Apprentice Lineworker Program -
NORTH AMERICAN LINEMAN TRAINING CENTER
McEwen, TN04.2018
Diploma -
BEECH HIGH SCHOOL
Hendersonville, TN05.2015
Skills
- Hole digging
- Repair work
- Chain hoist operation
- Shortening and lengthening lines
- Wire Splicing
- Written and verbal communication
- Electrical power line installation
- Bucket truck operation
- Schematics
- Electrical distribution systems
- Watt-hour meter installation
- Electrical diagrams
- Heavy lifting
- Overhead line construction
- Pole setting
- Transformer banks
- Live line work
Accomplishments
- Class A CDL License-Obtained.
Timeline
Apprentice Lineman/journeyman Lineman
Davis H. Elliot
05.2023 - Current
Apprentice Lineman C-B
MDR Construction
01.2021 - 04.2023
Apprentice Lineman
Irby Construction
09.2020 - 01.2021
Apprentice Lineman
Capital Electric Line Builders
05.2019 - 01.2020
Groundman
B.E.S.C.O
05.2018 - 03.2019
Pre-Apprentice Lineworker Program -
NORTH AMERICAN LINEMAN TRAINING CENTER
Diploma -
BEECH HIGH SCHOOL