Joshua Biton
Hendersonville,TN
Summary
Highly motivated individual with just over 6 years experience in providing power and communication services to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Skilled in stringing wires, installing poles and underground cables and troubleshooting electrical issues. Familiar with all safety protocols and industry regulations. Dedicated to providing excellent customer service, safety and rule following, ensuring timely and accurate completion of all assigned tasks.
Overview
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1
Certification
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Foreman Lineman
Broadway Electric Service Corporation
Knoxville, TN
02.2026 - Current
- Supervised crew in installation and maintenance of overhead and underground electrical systems.
- Ensured compliance with safety standards and regulations during high-voltage operations.
- Led emergency response efforts out of state during outages, restoring service swiftly to minimize customer impact.
Journeyman Lineman
CDE Lightband
Clarksville, TN
08.2025 - 04.2026
- Performed emergency repairs on power distribution systems in hazardous conditions.
- Followed all safety protocols while working at heights or around energized circuits.
- Provided on-the-job training, orientation, demonstration, and assistance to apprentice linemen.
- Recommended solutions to power distribution problems by analyzing construction and utility schematics.
- Performed line switching or sectionalizing upon supervisor's direction.
- Trouble shoot underground transformers, Overhead transformer banks, and many different outages concerned to the customers power issues.
- Fill in for Foreman when foreman is not there which includes running the crew, paperwork for utility, and communicate with dispatch to ensure mine and everyone's safety on my crew to complete each different task that has came our way.
Journeyman Lineman
IBEW
Various
11.2024 - 08.2025
- Followed all safety protocols while working at heights or around energized circuits.
- Ensured proper operation of equipment by performing preventative maintenance tasks.
- Read blueprints, diagrams and schematics accurately to complete projects correctly.
- Provided on-the-job training, orientation, demonstration, and assistance to apprentice linemen.
- Installed, maintained and repaired electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches.
- Dug holes, using augers and set poles, using cranes, and power equipment.
- Trimmed trees that was hazardous to functioning of cables and wires.
Journeyman Lineman
Broadway Electric Service Corporation
Nashville, TN
02.2021 - 10.2024
- Progressed to Journeyman Lineman in IBEW apprenticeship program.
- Assists Journeyman and Foreman with various tasks such as installation of transformers, switches, voltage regulators, reconduct 3 phase circuits, oil circuit-reclosers, meters, and other electrical apparatus.
- Performs manual labor tasks such as retiring poles, setting new poles, sagging in new line, rolling up old line, tamping, framing, and ensures poles are in line with each other.
- Climbs poles or uses truck-mounted buckets or cranes with bucket attachments to access equipment on average of 120 feet in the air while maintaining proper fall protection standards.
- Quickly learns new skills and applies them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Received power line academic training in safety, line work fundamentals, working on lines and equipment, personal protective grounding, electrical systems, transformers, electricity, and rigging.
- Works long hours in extreme weather conditions in various states, learning to adapt to a variety of electrical systems
- Followed all safety protocols while working at heights or around energized circuits.
Education
apprenticeship Program - undefined
Selcat
Newnan, GA10.2024
Pre-Apprentice Electrical Lineworker Certification - undefined
Northeast Lineman College
FL01.2020
High School Diploma - undefined
Bonita High School
CA06.2019
Skills
- Overhead line construction
- Electrical distribution systems
- Wire splicing
- Reconducting
- Three-phase experience
- Safety procedures
- Transformer removal
- Certified Climber
- Class A Commercial Driver's License
- Line truck Operation
- Safety and compliance
- Pole-top Rescue
- Digger Derrick
- Transformer banks
- Pole setting
- Electrical troubleshooting
- Underground line repair
- Grounding procedures
- Emergency repairs
- Vault Rescue
- Aerial-lift Rescue
- OSHA ET&D
- First Aid/CPR
- Aerial Lift Operation
- Bucket truck operation
- Lockout/Tagout
Personal Information
- Title: Journeyman Lineman
- Driving License: Class A Commercial Driver's License
Certification
First Aid/CPR/AED, Digger derrick, Certified Climber, Aerial lift rescue, Pole top rescue, Class A license, Osha ET&D, Vault rescue
Timeline
Foreman Lineman
Broadway Electric Service Corporation
02.2026 - Current
Journeyman Lineman
CDE Lightband
08.2025 - 04.2026
Journeyman Lineman
IBEW
11.2024 - 08.2025
Journeyman Lineman
Broadway Electric Service Corporation
02.2021 - 10.2024
High School Diploma - undefined
Bonita High School
Pre-Apprentice Electrical Lineworker Certification - undefined
Northeast Lineman College
apprenticeship Program - undefined
Selcat