SAMUEL BRAXTON

The job entails properly memorizing, assembling, and learning all the material that will be used for each and every application. When it comes to memorizing all the material, it is important not only to understand how to assemble it, but also to understand why I am doing it the way I am doing it, and how it works. Being a groundman on a wire-pulling transmission crew, it was important to pay close attention to all the rigging needed for cutting out midline sleeves, getting enough grounds out for proper grounding of each structure so you’re working in an equal potential zone, sagging wire, and pressing dead ends. It was also important to know the proper die sizes for pressing the inner and outer core of the 1926 size wire, estimation sag based on temperature, and what FPL spec was for micing the outer core once the deadend was pressed.

• Supported linemen in ground operations, ensuring safe and efficient equipment handling. Fostered teamwork, enhancing project completion rates.