in on-the-job training and related instruction.
Line Maintainer
Cobra Energy Services
Work Process Content
On the Job Training
Management, Planning Work Requirements, Publications
0
500
1. Management • Periodic Maintenance Programs • Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) • Demonstrate an understanding of one’s personal values • Demonstrate effectiveness in oral and written communications • Maintain a good professional appearance 2. Planning Work Requirements • Use Wiring diagrams, schematics, specification sheets, drawings, staking sheets, and one-line diagrams • Determine type and size of electrical system and material requirements under 600 volts • Determine type and size of electrical system and material requirements over 600 volts • Use inspection and maintenance forms and automated products • Coordinate protective devices 3. Publications • Manufactures Operating Instructions • Manufactures Maintenance Instructions • National Electric Code • Lineman’s and Cable man’s Handbook • SOP’s
Safety Rules and Practices
0
500
• Supervisory Responsibilities • Hazardous Communications i.e., Right to know, MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet). Asbestos awareness • Apply shop rules and regulations • Identify safe and unsafe practices when working with electricity • Identify and demonstrate proper personal safety procedures, i.e. clothing, jewelry, personal grooming • Identify techniques and practices of fire prevention • Demonstrate safe use of tools and related power equipment • Apply techniques of lifting and climbing with ladders • Apply Basic CPR techniques • Demonstrates safe use of Lockout/Tagout SOP • Red Do Not Operate Tag • Switching Procedures and Switching Packages • Demonstrates safe use of Bucket and Auger Truck Operations • Rubber Personal Protective Equipment i.e., Voltage Ratings, Care, Testing, and Usage • Hotline Tools i.e., Usage and Care • Confined Space Identification, Testing, Entry Requirements • Conduct Safety Meeting/Tailgate briefing
Electrical Fundamentals
0
500
• Identify electrical terms and symbols • Electrical principals of DC circuits • Electrical principals of AC circuits • Construct basic electrical circuits • Compute for voltage, current, resistance, and power • Measure for electrical properties in circuits and components • Transformer theory • Compute load balance
Tools and Equipment
0
500
• Use and maintain the following: • Hot line tools • Rubber personal protective equipment • Pole trailer • Cable reel jacks • Hand lines • Block and tackle • Chain hoists • Portable power tools • Volt multimeter • Clamp-on amp meter • Phase rotation meter • Frequency meter • High voltage phase testers • Cable fault locators, low voltage • High potential DC tester
Special Equipment
0
500
• Potential transformers • Current transformers • Voltage regulators • Air, oil, vacuum, and gas switches • Capacitors • Sectionalizers • Underground Switching Equipment
Overhead Distribution Systems
0
2.5K
• Load and unload poles • Transport poles • Frame poles • Set utility poles • Install guys • Install overhead line conductors • Install anchors • Install conductor support devices • Install transformers • Install protective devices i.e., cutouts, lightning protection • Install High Voltage Switches • Install armor rod • Install grounding set • Install service drops • Install laterals • Inspect poles • Isolate system faults • Splice de-energized overhead conductors • Perform transformer connections • Perform overhead switching
Overhead Transmission Systems
0
1K
• Install guys • Frame Poles • Set transmission poles • Install overhead conductors • Install anchors • Install conductor support devices • Install armor rod • Install grounding set
Underground Distribution System
0
1K
• Install direct buried cable • Install underground duct systems • Install underground cable in duct • Install transformers on pads • Install grounding sets on live and dead front transformers • Splice high voltage underground cable using pre-form kits • Terminate high voltage underground cable • Perform high potential DC test on underground cable • Troubleshoot underground cables for faults • Trace underground cables with cable test set • Isolate system faults • Fabricate load break elbows • Troubleshoot pad mount transformers
Distribution Systems, 600 Volts or less, Lighting Systems, Grounding Systems: OSHA 1910.269(m)(3) and (n)(5), (n)(6), (n)(7)
0
500
1. Distribution Systems, 600 Volts or less • Install service entrance • Install meter base • Install grounding systems • Install grounding equipment • Read service meters 2. Lighting Systems • Install street light fixtures • Install LED fixtures • Troubleshoot lighting systems 3. Grounding Systems: OSHA 1910.269(m)(3) and (n)(5), (n)(6), (n)(7) • Install and remove primary distribution system grounds • Install and remove transmission system grounds
Aerial Lift and Auger Trucks
0
500
• Operate Aerial lift truck controls • Operate line maintenance truck controls • Operate other aerial lift equipment (JLG) • Use hand signals to direct line maintenance truck operations
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Training Provider(s):
Wooden Pole Climbing Techniques
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40 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 36 hours yard practice
Math and Electrical Theory
40
40 hours, 16 hours for math, 24 hours for electrical theory, all classroom
Job Briefing
4
4 Hours. Classroom and practice exercises
Intro to Transmission
8
8 Hours, 2 hours classroom, 6 hours field practice
Intro to Distribution Construction
16
16 Hours, 2 hours classroom, 14 hours field practice
General Safety
4
1- 4 hours Classroom
Intro to the Power Grid
4
4 Hours Classroom
Intro to Grounding
8
8 Hours, 3 Hours classroom, 5 hours field practice
Construction Specifications
4
4 Hours Classroom
Equipment Operation
8
8 Hours, 3 hours classroom, 5 hours field practice
Intro to Transformers
8
8 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 4 hours lab practice
Ropes and Knots
4
4 Hours, Classroom and hands-on practice
Intro to Hot Sticks
4
4 Hours, 2 hours classroom, 2 hours lab practice
Online Supplemental Training-
3
3 Hours (General concepts, Grounding, Hand and Power Tools, Material Handling, Job Briefings, Bucket Rescue, Personal Fall Arrest Systems)
Watt-Hour Meters
4
4 Hours Classroom
Electrical Theory Review
8
8 Hours, 6 hours classroom, 2 hours lab practice
Transformers
24
24 Hours, 12 hours classroom, 12 hours lab practice
Fuse Coordination
4
4 Hours Classroom
General Safety
4
2- 4 hours Classroom
Grounding Principles and Equipotential Grounding
8
8 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 4 hours field practice
Electrical Instruments and Applications
8
8 Hours, 5 Hours classroom, 3 hours lab practice
Sagging Line Conductors
8
8 Hours, 3 Hours classroom, 5 hours field practice
Line Construction
16
16 Hours Field Work
Intro to Transmission
8
8 Hours, 2 hours Classroom, 4 hours field work
Hazardous Energy Control Procedures
4
4 Hours Classroom
Personal Protective Equipment
8
8 Hours, 6 hours classroom, 2 hours lab practice
Working on or Near Exposed, Energized Equipment
8
8 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 4 hours field practice
Rigging
8
8 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 4 hours field practice
Online Supplemental Training
2
2 Hours, (Overhead Lines, Personal Protective Equipment, Sling Safety, Working with self-contained meters)
Special Equipment
24
24 Hours. (Covers reclosers, Regulators, Capacitors, Pad Mounted Switchgears, Sectionalizers and Arresters.) 16 hours classroom, 8 hours lab and field practice
Cover-up Procedures for Pad Mounted Equipment
8
8 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 4 hours field practice
Cover-up Procedures for Overhead Equipment
16
16 Hours, 6 hours classroom, 10 hours field practice
Special Live Line Tools
8
8 Hours, 6 hours classroom, 2 hours lab practice
Electrical Theory Review
8
8 Hours, 6 hours classroom, 2 hours lab practice
Safety
4
3- 4 Hours Classroom
Intro to Troubleshooting
16
16 Hours, 2 hours classroom, 14 hours field practice
Minimum Approach Distance
8
4 Hours Classroom
System Protection Coordination
8
8 Hours Classroom
Transformer Review
8
8 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 4 hours lab and field practice
Supplemental Online Training
12
12 Hours, (Substations, Testing and Test Facilities, Underground Electrical Installations, Lock Out Tag Out, Grounding, Excavation, Shoring and Trenching Safety.)
Hot Sticks and Hot Sticking Procedures
16
16 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 12 hours field practice
Troubleshooting procedures
8
8 Hours, 2 hours classroom, 6 hours lab practice
Primary Phasing
8
8 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 4 hours lab and field practice
Cover-up Procedures for Overhead Equipment
16
16 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 12 hours field practice
Cover-up Procedures for Pad Mounted Equipment
8
8 Hours, 3 hours classroom, 5 hours field practice
Transformer Review
12
12 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 8 hours lab and field practice
System Protection Coordination Review
8
8 Hours Classroom
Grounding Review
8
8 Hours, 3 hours classroom, 5 hours field practice
General Safety
4
4- 4 Hours Classroom
Distribution Automation
4
4 Hours Classroom
Special Equipment Review
8
8 Hours, 4 hours classroom, 4 hours lab practice
Substation Overview
8
8 Hours, 6 hours classroom, 2 hours field practice
Supplemental Online Training
12
12 Hours. (Bucket Rescue, Electrical Clearances, Hazardous Energy Control Procedures, Overhead Lines and Live Line Bare hand Work, Working on or Near Exposed, Energized Parts, Substations, Sling Safety.)