1. Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites.

1. Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas.

1. Open switches or attach grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs.

1. Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment.

1. Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments.
2. Identify defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments.

1. Identify electrical components needed to complete work updating current inventory system as supplies are used.

1. Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches.

1. Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments.

1. Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers. Participate in 24-7 on call rotations.

1. Replace or straighten damaged poles.

1. String wire conductors and cables between poles, towers, trenches, pylons, and buildings, setting lines in place and using winches to adjust tension.

1. Dig holes, using augers, and set poles, using cranes and power equipment.
2. Cut trenches for laying underground cables, using trenchers and cable plows.

1. Attach cross-arms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them.

1. Operate required machinery including cranes, hoists, forklifts, or other equipment needed to complete job.

1. Install watt-hour meters and connect service drops between power lines and consumers' facilities.
2. Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment.
3. Clean, tin, and splice corresponding conductors by twisting ends together or by joining ends with metal clamps and soldering connections.

1. Install watt-hour meters and connect service drops between power lines and consumers' facilities. Read analog and digital meters for revenue collection.

1. Test conductors, according to electrical diagrams and specifications, to identify corresponding conductors and to prevent incorrect connections.

1. Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment.
2. Clean, tin, and splice corresponding conductors by twisting ends together or by joining ends with metal clamps and soldering connections.

1. Place insulating or fireproofing materials over conductors and joints.

1. Trim trees that could be hazardous to the functioning of cables or wires.
2. Cut and peel lead sheathing and insulation from defective or newly installed cables and conduits prior to splicing.

1. Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
2. Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduit running through the trenches.

1. Maintain all inventory in GIS system, modify existing, remove obsolete, and create new assets in GIS.
2. Perform inspections in GIS, identify faulty equipment during inspections that require immediate attention. Leaking XFR, broken/rotten poles, wires down, etc.

1. Complete emergency response for power outages both scheduled and unscheduled.

1. Read and interpret one-line diagrams and schematics for electrical system to create plans to isolate and restore service when working on the system
2. Understand and interpret reclosing schemes, fuse coordination, system automation, restoration schemes, fast tripping, and TOC protection schemes.

• Safety, is the #1 priority! • Work site safety inspection • Fitting, care, and inspection of climbing tools • Gaff sharpening • Inspection and testing of poles and worksite hazards • All climbing requires the use of fall protection equipment • Knots to be taught: A bowline, clove hitch, half hitch, timber hitch, square, and bowline on a bight. • Pole top rescue @ 10’ & 40’level • Safe and proper climbing techniques • Proper handline use and make-up for storage • Introduction to rigging • Hanging cross arms @ 10’ level. • Student to provide 10’ of ½ diameter rope for knot tying • PPE and tool inspections required daily • All climbing tasks and exercises are demonstrated by Instructor • Climbing will be done on 40’ and 80’ poles

• Safety • PPE Inspection • Grounding • Rigging • Pole top rescue • Aluminum and copper tires • Minimum approach distance

Digger Derrick Field Exercises • Pre-operational inspection & Pre-flight Operation • Hand Signals • Load Spotting and Landing • Load Control Obstacle Course • Digger Operation • Pole Setting Material Handling Aerial Device Field Exercises Bucket Truck Field Exercises • Pre-operational inspection & Pre-flight Operation • Inspect and Don Fall Protection Equipment • Setting up and Leveling the Unit • Maneuvering the Platform • Operating the Material Handling Jib • Bucket Rescue • Bucket Self-Rescue

• Electricity – A Necessity for Modern Life • Basic Tools and Equipment for Line Work • Line Work Communications • Working Safely • Ropes, Knots, Splices, and Gear • Basic Electricity • Simple Ways of Making Electricity • Mathematics Review • More Mathematics • Introduction to DC Fundamentals

• Safety • Job briefings • Print reading • Guys and anchors • Minimum approach distance • Overhead Construction • Grounding • Sagging • Aluminum tires • Single phase transformer theory

• Electricity – Generation & Transmission • Mathematics Formula Review • Trigonometry and Vectors • Alternating Current & Circuits with Resistance • Electric Current • Inductance in AC Circuits • Capacitors in AC Circuits • Series – Circuits Resistance & Inductive Reactance • Protective Grounding • The Use of Hot Line Tools

• Safety • Insulation/Isolation • PPE standards • Minimum approach distance • Aerial lift pre-flight inspection/bucket safety • Three-phases transformer theory • Energized system maintenance • Bucket truck rescue

• Safety • Cable • Line location/fault finding • Elbows • Terminators • Grounding • URD transformers • URD operations/systems • URD troubleshooting • Tagging • Switching

• Mathematics Formula Review • Safety Review • Electricity Distribution • AC Parallel Circuits • Three Phase Systems • AC Instruments and Meters • Measuring Electricity • Distribution and Transmission Poles • Stringing and Sagging Operations • Transformers

• Safety • PPE • Hot line tools • Protective devices • Substation • Meters and instruments • OSHA/NFPA standards • Single line drawing • Test voltage

• Safety Review • Line Conductors and Connections • Underground Distribution Systems • Maintenance of Transmission Lines • Transformer Connections & Special Applications • System Operations • System Protection • Work Procedures • Insulators • Substations & Operations

How to Study This Course and Achieve Your Personal Goals  Knowing Your Apprenticeship and Your Responsibilities  Sexual Harassment  The Attributes of an IBEW/NECA Apprenticeship  Your Job and the Future It Holds for You  Safety Awareness - On the Job  Identify Some Basic Tools of the Trade  Use and Care of Hand Tools  Safety Meetings, Job Briefings (Tailboard) Discussions  First Aid, Safety, and Health  Avoiding the Hazards of Drug Abuse  Good Housekeeping

Introduction to OSHA Hazard Awareness Energized and Non-Energized Parts

Personal Protective Equipment Use and Operation of Blocks Slings and Chokers Rigging Tools and Rigging Equipment

Climbing Equipment Inspection and Care Fall Protection Climber Cutouts Climbing Poles Pole-Top Rescue Bucket Rescue Wood Poles-Inspection and Maintenance Setting Poles, and Setting Poles Near or Around Energized Circuits Digging Holes and Trenches

Shock, Arc, and Blast Rubber Gloves and Sleeves, Care and Use Protective Line Devices, Care and Use Working in Confined Spaces/Vault Rescue Hand Signals Powered Equipment Safety-Compressors and Portable Generators

Math Basics with Whole Numbers Fractions/Decimals/Percentages Mathematics for Parallel Circuits How to Solve Basic Algebraic Equations Solving Power Calculations What is Electricity?

What is Electricity? Electron Theory Electrical Units Sources and Effects of Electricity The Electrical Circuit and Ohm's Law

Ropes, Knots, Hitches, and Splices Wire Rope Ladders/Step Bolts Powered Equipment Safety-Underground & Digger Derricks Hazard Communication

Guy Types, Guy Strength and Sizes Guy Installation Anchors Line Conductors Crossarms and Attachments Insulators

The Principles of Magnetism Magnetic Induction Working with Ratios and Proportion The Electric System Wire Sizes, Types, and Characteristics Stringing Wire Sagging and Tying in Conductors Connecting an Overhead Service Insulate and Isolate Insulated Platforms and the Second Point of Contact

Understanding and explain the fundamentals of DC Theory, Including Resistance in DC Combination Circuits How Current Reacts in Combination Circuits How Voltage Functions in DC Combination Circuits How to Calculate Power in DC Combination Circuits Resistance in Series Circuits Current Voltage/Power in Series Circuits How Voltage Functions in a DC Parallel Circuit Resistance in a DC Parallel Circuit How Current Reacts in a DC Parallel Circuit How to Calculate Power in a DC Parallel Circuit

Two-Way Radios - Proper Use Procedures Underground Systems Excavation and Shoring Laying Conduit Manholes and Handholes Cable Types Pulling Cables Planning and Design for Underground Systems Baskets, Aerial Lifts, and Platforms Grounding and Protective Grounds Taking A Line Out of Service Lock-out/Tag-out-Line Applications

Classroom Qualified Employee Training Requirements: Pole Top Rescue, Job Briefing, Hazardous Entergy Control (Lockout/Tagout) Procedures, Enclosed Spaces, Personal Protective Equipment, Working on or near exposed energized parts, deenergizing lines and equipment, grounding for the protection of employees, mechanical equipment and overhead lines Climbing Tools (Belt, Hooks & Safety Strap) Care, Wear, Use and Inspection Line Hardware Identification Wood Pole Characteristics, Ground Line Inspection & Pole Tag Information Use of Hand Lines Conductor Ties (Copper & Aluminum) Rigging for Dead-Ending Conductor Rigging for Insulator Replacement On 115kv Steel Arm H-Structure Use of Hook Ladder Live-Line Tool Identification, Care & Testing Circuit Equipment & Apparatus Identification & Identification of Energized & Insulated Parts Close Calls and What They Tell Us Single Point Grounding Demonstration Rigging Class: Breaking Strength, Safety Factor & Safe Working Load Block, Sling & Structure Loading Rigging Analysis Using Vector Diagramming to Determine attachment Load & Angle, Block o Load, Rope Tension & Fall Line Tension Sling Capacities Dead-End Load On Guy Wires & Pole Compression Calculating Crane Hand Signals Load Weight Calculating - Material & Liquids - Pounds/Cubic Ft. Synthetic Sling Safety, Inspection & Use Wire Rope Components, Inspection & Use Rigging and Signal Person Certificate

Skills Practiced Safe Climbing Technique Wood PoleAt4', 10', 30' & 50' Wood Pole Working Position for Different Job Tasks Safe Climbing Technique Steel Tower At 50' Job Briefing Single Point Grounding Pole-Top Rescue Before Climbing Inspection of Wood Poles Pole Setting & Replacement - (By Hand) Pole Framing - On the Ground & Aloft Conductor Stringing, Sagging, Tying-In and DeadEnding Use of Hand Lines, Grips, Slings, Blocks, Hoists, Pole Gins, Tag Ropes, Drills & Ladders Rope Inspection, Knot Tying and Rigging with Ropes including bowline, running bowline, bowline on the bight, clove hitch, square, grapevine, timber hitch, sheet bend and trucker hitch. Short splice & Eye splice

This is a National Program, becoming familiar with the IBEW Constitution Parliamentary Procedure and how it works Understanding Local Union Bylaws Professional Personal Conduct Absenteeism Harassment Working Outdoors Emergency Response Introduction to 1910.269, Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution

Reviewing the Applications of DC Theory Comparing Direct Current to Alternating Current Fundamentals of Alternating Current An Introduction to 3-Phase Systems Understanding how the DC generator works Understanding the design and function of AC Generators Introduction to and general use of Test Instruments

Reviewing the Applications of DC Theory Comparing Direct Current to Alternating Current Fundamentals of Alternating Current An Introduction to 3-Phase Systems Understanding how the DC generator works Understanding the design and function of AC Generators Introduction to and general use of Test Instruments

Introduction to Transformers, Transformer Construction, Information Characteristics, Operation, Polarity/Connections, o Installation, Protection and Single-phase Connections. Transformer: Completely Self-Protected Conducting Transformer Load Checks Specific Hazards working with Transformers Vectors Working with prefixes and powers of 10 Customary and Metric systems of measurement The Circle Area and Volume Measuring and drawing angels Right Triangles

Blueprint lines, Introduction to Blueprints and specifications, Blueprint fundamentals. Symbols, Conventions and Abbreviations Electrical Drawings and Diagrams Civil drawings Reading maps, plans and profiles Staking sheets and stakes Introduction to measuring and leveling devices

Introduction to Inductance Voltage Drop Metering Overvoltage protection Fault indicator Tower Footings and Erection Joining high-line conductors and sagging conductors Dampers, hold down weights and armor rods Phasing and tying in circuits

Overload capabilities of electrical equipment Phase Sequence Back-feed Locating Faults and Restoring Service Introduction to medium voltage cable power cable Cable Splicing: safety, material and tools, cable preparation, terminations, splicing, elbows (separable connectors), ground cables, pulling cables, insulation testing, introduction to cable fault locating, underground troubleshooting and manufacturers kits.

Test Instruments - How to use a megohmmeter Confined spaces Mobile cranes, boom capacities and load charts Practical applications rigging and vector Lifting and digging operations

Traffic Signal Industry overview, hardware and equipment, signal cabinets Phasing and traffic flow, introduction to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Transformer simulator Flagging, signs, and barricades

Description of element/course: Building on the 2 nd year classroom training, this course is designed to provide powerline distribution live line maintenance (hot sticking) and pole yard skills, including the following subjects: Federal OSHA Regulation 29 CFR 1910.269 Role of Safety Watcher Live-Line Tool (Hot-Stick) Identification Single Point Grounding Class and Demonstration for Transmission & Distribution Basic Rigging, Structure Loading, Slings, Blocks & Hoists Voltage Regulator Demo/Operation Procedure Safe Climbing Technique (Using Safety Strap) Job Briefing Rubber Glove Technique For 4kv Installing Rubber Line Hose & Hoods Installing Mechanical Jumpers - Sticks & Gloves Using Hot Four-Parted Blocks - Sticks & Gloves Live Line Tool and Rubber Glove, Hot Conductor Tie Application & Removal, Copper and o Aluminum Dead-End Insulator Replacement - Sticks & Gloves Arm Replacement - Stick, Wire Tongs & Lever Lifts Arm Replacement - 3 Phase Auxiliary Arm Install Automatic Conductor Splice - Sticks Install Automatic Dead-End Type Conductor Shoe - Sticks Install Bolted Type Conductor Dead-End Device - Sticks Spread Conductors onto Hot-Arms to Prepare for Conductor Replacement Conductor Replacement of Inside Pole Yard - Sticks - Gloves Use of Nylon Strap Hoist & Link Stick Hot Pole Replacement Transformer Bank Installation

Power Generation Transformer Manufacturers Voltage Rating, Winding Diagram, Terminal Designation, KVA & o Polarity Explanation Transformer Nameplate Information Transformer Grounding Harmonic Voltages Ferroresonance Primary System Configurations Wye & Delta Primary Connections Wye or Delta - Open or Closed Secondary Coil Connection Series & Parallel Secondary Connection Wye, Delta & Open Delta Primary and Secondary Vector (Phasor) Diagramming Angular Displacement Transformer Grounding ie: Case, Floating Wye, etc. Transformer Bank Paralleling, Maintain Customer Service (Energized 30 Motors), o (Rotation Change) Common Transformer Connections Uncommon Transformer Connection

Almost a Journeyman, Pride in your industry Introduction to the COMET Program Productivity Labor Management Relations/LMCC's The economics of unemployment Keys to success - Motivation and Leadership The National Electrical Benefit Fund After apprenticeship Foremanship Harassment Soon to be an Instructor Your career- journeyman responsibilities.

Distribution circuits Review of Alternating current, theory terms and definitions Inductance Capacitors / Distribution Capacitors Transformers - Three-Phase voltages and connections Transformers - Single-Phase Connections Transformer connections Troubleshooting Three-Phase banks

Personal Protective Grounding - body currents, basic electric circuits, grounding history, equipotential zone grounding, selection of equipment, installation of grounds, Step and Touch potential, induced voltage and multiple grounds, truck grounding, underground distribution grounding, grounding in substations, and grounding during construction activities.

Testing ground (earth) resistance Lightning protection Applying rubber protective devices

Live-Line Tools: Introduction, identification and care, using hot sticks and maintenance with hot sticks Live-Line work practices: insulator and crossarm changes (including 138kv), tower insulator changes, helicopter timber changes and special practices

Primary metering Single-phase revenue metering Introduction to substations, safety procedures, safety and first aid, federal regulations, print reading making connections, function and types of stations, spill prevention, containment, and countermeasure plans, foundations, installing grout, underground power cables, grounding/grounding grids, steel superstructure assembly, installing insulator and installing control cables and devices.

Primary fusing/fuse principles Reclosers and sectionalizes o Substation equipment identification, oil circuit breakers, batteries, oil care and filtering, o air switches Control equipment. Fault current Testing for line faults Voltage regulation Step regulators and tap changing Capacitors and capacitor switching

Power factor Power harmonics Fiber Optic - fiber types, cable types, codes and standards, aerial construction, and underground construction Alternative Energy Sources - wind and photovoltaics Extra high voltage lines

Federal OSHA Regulation 29 CFR 1910.269 Role of Safety Watcher Wear and Care of Rubber Gloves and Blankets Grounding Transmission Structures Transmission Live Line Tool Identification Capacitors and their effect on power quality, practical demo & lecture Rigging class covering synthetic rope, wire rope, hardware, knots, splices, breaking strength, safety factor & safe working load Work site bonding and grounding Voltage regulator demonstration & lecture on operation of single phase step-regulator Single phase circuit review & what makes it work Transformer Connections Review

Safe Climbing Technique Wood & Steel (Using Safety Strap) Job Briefing Proper Use of Handlines, Hoists & Blocks Unpinning Insulator from 115kv Steel Arm HStructure (1O') Proper Grounding of Transmission H & Wishbone Structures De-Energized Insulator Replacement Wish-Bone Structure Energized Suspension Insulator Replacement on 115kv Wish-Bone Energized Steel I-Beam Arm Replacement on 115kv H-Structure 230kv De-Energized Suspension Insulator Replacement 230kv Energized Suspension Insulator Replacement

This course expands on the knowledge obtained in the Saturday School Crane homework assignments, preparing the student to sit for the final exam portion of the Electrical Industry Certification Association's Crane Certification, developed specifically for the electrical industry. Preparation for the written exam including: Inspection and Maintenance Safety Checks Evaluation of worksite conditions, setup, assembly and shut down Managing Crane/Digger Derrick Access and Egress Maintain Employment Requirements

Practice and demonstration of the Stationary Control crane and digger derrick, using the information learned to successfully complete the practical exam portion of the certification.