Kane Losurdo

Apprentice Linemen

CW Wright

Richmond, Virginia

04.2021 - Current

Installed and maintained overhead and underground electrical power lines.
Maintained electrical distribution systems, including transformers, poles, and related equipment.
Inspected power line components for safety hazards and operational issues.
Assisted in the installation of new and existing power lines.
Performed routine maintenance on power line components to ensure proper functioning.
Climbed utility poles to install or repair power lines.
Repaired downed power lines safely and efficiently.
Prepared work sites by removing brush, trees, stumps, rocks.
Operated aerial lifts to access hard-to-reach areas when necessary.
Used hand tools such as wrenches, pliers, hammers, screwdrivers and drills to complete tasks.
Troubleshot problems with existing electrical systems using test meters and other diagnostic instruments.
Loaded materials onto trucks for delivery to job sites.
Followed safety protocols while operating bucket trucks, cranes and other heavy equipment.
Participated in regular training sessions to stay up-to-date on industry best practices.
Helped operate digger derrick truck and dug rock holes.
Operated overhead line equipment such as bucket and boom trucks with consistent safety.
Assisted with emergency call-outs to quickly restore service.
Shortened or lengthened wires by removing or adding wire and used different types of splices, connectors and clamps.
Opened switches or attached grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines.
Installed electric watthour meters in pre-installed meter-connection boxes to connect service.
Conducted service work, which included hanging and sagging triplex, duplex, and quadruplex.
Installed service entry cable and made up topsides of meter bases.
Installed and troubleshooted smart meters.
Installed, maintained and troubleshooted street lights and their circuits.
Corresponded with power company oversights about daily critical job tasks
Wired and built power line equipment like reclosers, transformers, and various switches.
Can efficiently read load charts for derrick and bucket lifting operations
Have worked with hot line equipment such as belt hoists, finger/ shotgun/ long sticks, bird perches, candlesticks, and load busters.
Covered up primary and secondary energized circuits with rubber blankets and hoses.
Cleaned and maintained hot line equipment like hoists, sticks, and rubber goods.
framing wood poles on the ground and in the air to proper specifications.
sleeved together wire using press sleeves and automatics.
Can properly identify correct wire sizes with their corresponding colors while inspecting material.
Operated a multitude of different presses like hydraulic high press, pop tool, turkey caller, and battery presses.
Can identify proper wire sizes and match them with the correct H-tap connector
Cut and made up jumpers on distribution dead end poles
Maintained, inspected, and installed mechanical jumpers, such as spring jumpers, rubber glove jumpers, and locomotives.
Understand operation of line test equipment like volt readers, amp readers, noisy testers, and phasing sticks.
Can properly ground trucks and equipment that are up to system standards.
Understand approaching distances and clearances.
Can set up and work with wire pulling equipment, such as a rope rig, tensioner, and wire stand.
Understand the process of outrigging distribution poles in preparation for wire pulls.
Installed outrigging arms and rolling blocks.
Have pulled ropes in preparation for wire pulls.
Configured transformers in preparation for stalling banks to 3-phase customers.
Operated and phasing meter at a 3-phase bank and in the electrical cabinet inside the customer's business.
Prepared underground for splices and termination.
Made up, down guys, span guys, and sidewalk guys to structurally support wood poles.
Understand the safe operation of different size chain hoists and BB hoists, including 1 1/2 ton, 3 ton, and 6 ton hoists.
I have operated high-strain grips for sagging transmission conductors.
Can dead-end transmission wire, including fiber and trap wire.
Have operated press heads to squeeze inner and outer dead-end bodies.
Can train fiber down structures in preparation of fiber splices.
Have been trained in the safe setups of high line aerial lift equipment, such as a 105-foot bucket, along with a 125-foot and a 150-foot.
I have framed and set transmission structures such as H-frames, monopoles, and direct burials.
Have installed arms and blocks on transmission structures in preparation of wire pulls.
Can read load limits on various types of rigging, like slings, hoists, and shackles.
Can clip in conductor and fiber on straight line structures.
Have climbed and installed chicken ladders on concrete and mono poles.
Can climb latus towers to perform shake downs and hanging identification numbers.
have installed and worked off of hook ladders and baker boards.
have minimal helicopter experience that includes communicating with pilot from the ground using hand signals and hooking material and equipment up to a long line.

Summary

Overview

Work History

Apprentice Linemen

Education

Pre Apprentice Course - Lineworking

High School Diploma -

Trade Electricity - Electrical

Skills

Timeline

Apprentice Linemen

Pre Apprentice Course - Lineworking

High School Diploma -

Trade Electricity - Electrical

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