RANDY HOOD

• Oversaw installation of electrical systems for commercial and residential projects, ensuring compliance with safety standards.
• Coordinated work schedules and assigned tasks to linemen on-site.
• Trained new linemen on safety protocols and operational procedures.

Ensured proper alignment of hardside and softside conductors to maintain system integrity.

Executed substation tasks including installation of shoe flies, hanging buss, and making up jumpers; installed A-frame and H-frame arms and legs.

Completed three pole change outs/ wreck out wire.

Made up jumper paddles for deadends trained ground hounds how to make up deadend assemblies, press wire, understand major concept of installing hardware.

Help train in making up midspan sleeves/cut out midspan sleeves.

Ensure that proper dies are being used for certain types of wire.

• Performed job duties in the line bucket truck etc.
• Installed hardside and softside dead ends and angle dead ends to maintain system integrity.
• Dig holes for setting poles.
• Prepared materials for crews to ensure timely project execution.
• Organized and arranged necessary materials for crews to facilitate timely operations.
• Hardside soft sided dead ends, angle deadends.
• Operated Digger Derrick to secure poles for foundation crew and ensured proper clearance for conductors.
• Secured ropes and hardline in preparation for effective wire installation.

• Operator for the line bucket hardside, soft sided deadends.
• Assisted in setting line poles, clipping conductors and fiber wire for efficient installation.
• Installed guard structures for safe road crossings and reliable distribution lines.
• Secured cable connections by pressing mid-span sleeves., hang blocks and ropes, hardline for wire pulling.

• Operated Digger Derrick for installing and stabilizing telephone poles.
• Constructed dead-end jumper paddles for electrical connections and served as qualified spotter for linemen during aerial operations.
• Prepared supplies for linemen and maintained cleanliness of vehicles and bucket equipment.