Line Maintainer
Hour-based
ONET: 49-9051.00
4
Years
8740h
On-the-job training
Classroom instruction topics
- Safety Awareness – On the Job
- Use & Care of Hand Tools
- Hazard Awareness
- Climbing Equipment Inspection & Care
- Climber Cutouts
- Pole-Top Rescue
- Sexual Harassment
- IBEW & It’s History
- Shock, Arc, & Blast
- Protective Line Devices: Care & Use
- Safety Meetings, Tailboard (Job Briefing) Discussions
- Hand Signals
- Wood Poles – Inspection & Maintenance
- Digging Holes & Trenches
- Math Basics with Whole Numbers
- Decimals
- What is Electricity?
- Electrical Units I & II
- Identify Some Basic Tools of the Trade
- Introduction to OSHA
- Energized & Non-Energized Parts
- Fall Protection
- Climbing Poles
- Bucket Rescue
- Marketing I
- NECA’s Structure and Heritage
- Rubber Gloves and Sleeves, Care & Use
- Working in Confined Spaces/Vault Rescue
- First Aid, Safety & Health
- Powered Equipment Safety – Compressors & Portable Generators
- Setting Poles & Setting Poles Near or Around Energized Circuits
- Avoiding the Hazards of Drug Abuse
- Fractions
- Percentages
- Electron Theory
- Sources and Effects of Electricity
- Ropes, Knots, Hitches & Splices
- Ladders/Step Bolts
- Hazard Communication
- How to Solve Basic Algebraic Equations
- Solving Power Calculations
- Slings & Chokers
- Guy Types, Guy Strength Sizes
- Anchors
- Crossarms & Attachments
- Resistance in Series Circuits
- Voltage in Series Circuits
- Math for Parallel Circuits
- Resistance in a DC Parallel Circuit
- How to Calculate Power in a DC Parallel Circuit
- Working with Ratios & Proportions
- Wire Sizes, Types & Characteristics
- Sagging & Tying in Conductors
- Insulate or Isolate
- Good Housekeeping
- How Current Reacts in Combination Circuits
- How to Calculate Power in DC Combination Circuits
- Underground Systems
- Laying Conduit
- Cable Types
- Planning & Design for Underground Systems
- Grounding & Protective Grounds
- Lockout/Tagout – Substation Applications
- Wire Rope
- Powered Equipment Safety – Underground & Digger Derricks
- Personal Protective Equipment
- The Electrical Circuit & Ohm’s Law
- Use & Operations of Blocks
- Rigging Tools & Rigging Equipment
- Guy Installation
- Line Conductors
- Insulators – Types & Installation
- Current In Series Circuits
- Power in Series Circuits
- How Voltage Functions in a DC Parallel Circuit
- How Current Reacts in a DC Parallel Circuit
- Magnetic Induction
- The Electric System
- Stringing Wire
- Connecting an Overhead Service
- Insulated Platforms & the Second Point of Contact
- Understanding Resistance in DC Combination Circuits
- How Voltage Functions in DC Combination Circuits
- Two-Way Radios – Proper Use & Procedures
- Excavation & Shoring
- Manholes & Handholes
- Pulling Cables
- Baskets, Aerial Lifts & Platforms
- Taking a Line Out of Service
- Becoming Familiar w/IBEW Constitution
- Understanding Your Local Union By-Laws
- Absenteeism
- Emergency Response
- Reviewing the Applications of DC Theory
- Parliamentary Procedure and How It Works
- Professional Personal Conduct
- Working Outdoors
- Introduction to 1910.269, Electric Power, Generation and Transmission
- Comparing Direct Current to Alternating Current
- Fundamentals of Alternating Current
- Understanding How the DC Generator Works
- Introduction to Test Instruments
- Transformer Construction
- Transformer Operation
- Transformer: Completely Self-Protected
- Single-Phase Transformer Connections
- Conducting Transformer Load Checks
- Vectors
- The Customary and Metric Systems of Measurement
- Area and Volume
- Right Triangles
- Introduction to Blueprints and Specifications
- Symbols, Conventions and Abbreviations
- Civil Drawings
- Staking Sheets and Stakes
- Introduction to Inductance
- Metering
- Fault Indicator
- Tower Erection
- Sagging Conductors
- Phasing & Tying IN Circuits
- Phase Sequence
- Locating Faults & Restoring Service
- Cable Splicing
- Mobile Cranes
- Practical Applications – Rigging - Vectors
- Traffic Signal Industry Overview
- Introduction to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- Underground Installations – Caissons
- Introduction to Traffic Signal Cabinets & Equipment
- An Introduction to Three-Phase Systems
- Understanding the Design and Function of AC Generators
- General Use Test Instruments
- Transformer Information Characteristics
- Transformer Polarity/Connections
- Installing Transformers
- Transformer Protection
- Specific Hazards Working with Transformers
- Working with Powers of 10 and Metric Prefixes
- The Circle
- Measuring and Drawing Angles
- Blueprint Lines
- Blueprint Fundamentals
- Electrical Drawings and Diagrams
- Reading Maps, Plans, and Profiles
- Introduction to Measuring and Leveling Devices
- Voltage Drop
- Overvoltage Protection
- Tower Footings
- Joining High-Line Conductors
- Dampers/Hold Down Weights & Armor Rods
- Overload Capabilities of Electrical Equipment
- Back-feed
- Introduction to Medium Voltage Cable Power Cable
- Confined Spaces
- Boom Capacities & Load Charts
- Lifting & Digging Operations
- Flagging, Signs & Barricades
- Traffic Signal Hardware & Equipment
- Introduction to Basic Signal Blueprints
- Phasing & Traffic Flow
- Introduction to COMET Program
- Productivity
- Distribution Circuits
- Alternating Current Theory Terms and Definitions
- Capacitors
- Transformers—Three-Phase Voltages
- Transformers —Connections
- Labor-Management Relations/LMCC’s
- PPG - Basic Electric Circuits
- PPG — Equipotential Zone Grounding
- PPG — Installation of Grounds
- PPG — Induced Voltage and Multiple Grounds
- PPG — Underground Distribution Grounding
- PPG During Construction Activities
- Lightning Protection
- Live-Line Tools: Introduction, Identification and Care
- Live-Line Tools: Maintenance with Hot Sticks III
- Live-Line Tools: Maintenance with Hot Sticks V
- Live-Line Tools: Maintenance with Hot Sticks VII
- Live-Line Work Practices: Insulator and Crossar Changes
- Live-Line Work Practices: Helicopter Timber Changes
- Primary Metering
- Introduction to Substations
- Substation Construction – Safety and First Aid
- Substation Construction – Print Reading
- Substation Construction – Function and Types of Stations
- Substation Construction – Foundations
- Substation Const. – Underground Power Cables
- Substation Const. – Steel Superstructure Assembly
- Substation Const. – Installing Control Cables and Devices
- Reclosers and Sectionalizers
- Substations – Oil Circuit Breakers
- Substations – Oil Care and Filtering
- Substations – Substation Control Equipment
- Review of Alternating Current
- Inductance
- Distribution Capacitors
- Transformers—Three-Phase Connections
- Troubleshooting Three-Phase Banks
- Personal Protective Grounding—Body Currents
- PPG – Grounding History
- PPG — Selection of Equipment
- PPG — Step and Touch Potential
- PPG —Truck Grounding
- PPG — Grounding in Substations
- Testing Ground (Earth) Resistance
- Applying Rubber Protective Devices
- Live-Line Tools: Using Hot Sticks
- Live Line Tools: Maintenance with Hot Sticks IV
- Live-Line Tools: Maintenance with Hot Sticks VI
- Live-Line Work Practices: 138kV Insulator and Crossarm Changes
- Live-Line Work Practices: Tower Insulator Changes
- Live-Line Work Practices: Special Practices
- Single-Phase Revenue Metering
- Substations – Safety Procedures
- Substation Construction – Federal Regulations
- Substation Construction – Making Connections
- Substation Construction – Spill Prevention, Containment, and Countermeasure Plans
- Substation Const. – Installing Grout
- Substation Const. – Grounding/Grounding Grids
- Substation Const. – Installing Insulators
- Primary Fusing/Fuse Principles
- Substations – Equipment Identification
- Substations – Batteries
- Substations – Air Switches
- Fault Current
- Testing For Line Faults
- Step Regulators and Tap Changing
- Power Factor
- The Economics of Unemployment
- The National Electrical Benefit Fund
- Fiber-Optic Network Installation
- Fiber-Optic Network Cable
- Alternative Energy Source – Photovoltaics
- After Apprenticeship
- Soon To Be an Instructor
- Voltage Regulators
- Capacitors and Capacitor Switching
- Power Harmonics
- Keys to Success – Motivation and Leadership
- Introduction to Fiber Optics
- Fiber-Optic Network Design
- Alternative Energy Source - Wind
- Extra High Voltage Lines
- Foremanship
- Your Career – Journeyman Responsibilities
- Equipotential Grounding
- Transformer Troubleshooting
- Transformer Connections
- Pad-Mounted Transformers & Switchgear
On-the-job training
- Basic Line Work Training, Proper Tool & Equipment Use, Safety Procedures, Field Schools
- Transmission/Construction
- Distribution/Construction (OH & UG)
- Operations and Maintenance
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