Nicholas New

Setting poles around energized powerlines. Developing a pre task plan every morning. Locating underground utilities with shovel and vac. Spreading hot phases onto hot arms. Pulling in rope and hanging shives. Pulling in wire and setting up the grounds on the wire side. Sagging wire with a stop watch. Inspect trucks daily.Clipping in phases with armor rod or with out.I can one shot armour rod denergized or energized. Hanging transformers. Making up transformers. Setting junction boxes , switchgear and transformers. I’ve made up 200+ elbows. Making up junction boxes and labeling them. Making up underground transformers.Worked weeks in a row to meet a deadline to help the company. Hanging guys , framing poles.Cutting in deadends and making them up on distrobution. Making up jumpers on 69 line. Putting Mack’s on the line and running jumpers hot. Holding back hot phases so they can set the pole. Installing anchors and hanging down guys. Climbing poles to clip in when it’s to muddy or when needed. Ive been working with alot of T2 in the last six months both distrubution and 69 line. Phasing in line and transfering to the new line without losing power to the customer. Building risers and terminating them. I know how to run a telehandler , skid steer, Vgroove, bullwheels , wire winder, skidsteer pole puller, bicket truck and etc. I take pride in identifying hazards and minimalizing them. 0 line kills or arc flashes. I perform hotwork at one potential with the line on one shot and my truck grounded per company policy. When working on non energized lines i confirm a visual open and install grounds.

Continued my role using a bucket truck and climbing to remove vegetation away from the powerlines. Sometimes acting as foreman.

Nov -April I was a still doing my same groundman job just getting apprentice hours and pay. April -July I was the low step apprentice on a pole change out crew. I delivered poles to the sites. Framed poles, dug pole holes by hand, helped set poles, handed up material , made up triplex connections. Climbed when necessary. We went on a couple storms in ks.

Layed 6 inch pipe in a duct bank as deep as 15 feet down. We also set manholes. I operated a skid steer and a dump truck daily. I did a lot of hand digging to find utilities.

Used chippers , back yard machines, bucket trucks and climbing gear to remove vegetation from within 10 feet of the powerlines.