Result and safety driven Apprentice Lineman. Extensive experience at Karian Peterson Power Line Construction. Experienced in pole setting, bucket work, and grounding procedures, ensuring safety and efficiency. Strong teamwork and problem-solving skills contributed to successful project completions, including the installation of underground power lines.
-Building and maintaining distribution power lines
-Using phasing sticks to safely transfer customers to new power line without taking an outage
-Isolating sections of line to preform work while reducing hazards
-Testing and grounding power lines to ensure a safe work environment
-Setting poles ranging from 35-100 feet
-Building transmission lines ranging from 41kv-115kv
-Pulling rope and conductor
-Operating equipment and instruments associated with power line construction (digger truck, bucket truck, pressure digger, tugger, bull wheel, skid loader, dynometer, phasing sticks, voltage tester)
-Attend safety meetings and training
-Help maintain over head power lines
-Help install and maintain underground power lines
-Change out poles
-Prepare overhead and underground transformers for installation
-Build Meter pedestals
-Prepare/load jobs for the next day
-Stocking trucks
-Pothole underground utility’s
-Attend safety meetings and training
-Install new underground power lines
-Install underground Transformers and junction boxes
-Locate underground utilities
-Terminate underground cable
-Operate mini excavator
-Attend safety meetings and training
-Load material needed for jobs
-Pothole underground utility’s
-Help install/maintain underground power lines
-Help maintain over head power lines
-Prepare overhead and and underground transformers for installation
-Build meter pedestals
-Stock trucks
-Attend safety meeting and training
-CPR
-Bucket rescue
-Pole top rescue