Volt Power

On-the-job Training

• Prepares for work at job site with proper tools and equipment and a work plan that is sound, clearly communicated, and employs safety precautions
  • Properly uses and maintains tools and equipment including saws, digging equipment, drills, wrenches, compressors, presses, crimpers and dies
  • Properly uses and maintains electrical measuring and testing equipment such as voltage meters, multi-meters, phase sequence indicators, etc.
  • Properly assembles and uses ropes and rigging (handlines, hoisting equipment, slings, shackles, etc.) to ensure personal safety and to move equipment and materials
  • Operates vehicular equipment property, including trucks, diggers and aerial lifts
  • Plans job tasks and prepares work sites properly including communicating plan to crew and identifying hazards
  • Adheres to safety requirements including safety of the site, personal safety and safety of other workers and the community
• Abides by workplace health and safety rules, regulations, policies and best practices in carrying out job duties
  • Provides job site protection for the general public.
  • Performs hazard assessment and controls powerline hazards
  • Controls environmental hazards
  • Participates in workplace safety activities
  • Utilizes personal protective devices and safety equipment properly and consistently (body harness, lanyard, anchor sling, etc.)
  • Utilizes positioning devices and equipment properly (gaff, body belt, pole-choker, secondary lanyard, etc.)
• Installs electrical systems and related structures
  • Frames and sets power poles properly
  • Installs pole guys and anchors; attachments; breakers/rods; etc.
  • Installs and assembles steel structures
  • Installs steel structure guy wires and anchors
• Constructs, maintains, and repairs overhead and underground distribution assets
  • Overhead - Strings overhead conductors properly and safely
  • Overhead - Sags overhead conductors
  • Overhead - Ties-in overhead conductors
  • Overhead - Splices overhead conductors
  • Underground - Digs trenches appropriately, using correct equipment and safety precautions – direct buried cables, ducted method, surface troughs, deep bore tunnels, cut and cover tunnels
  • Underground - Selects appropriate components, cable sealants and compounds, joint bays, stop joints, water cooling systems (if applicable), using correct methods for insulating components and wires
  • Underground - Identifies environmental hazards and barriers and plans/carries out appropriate mitigation strategies
  • Underground - Identifies and mitigates land use restrictions
  • Underground - Inspects, replaces and maintains cables and cable insulation at appropriate intervals and using correct materials and procedures
• Operates, maintains, and repairs distribution and transmission systems
  • Operates overhead and/or underground transmission systems
  • Operates overhead and/or underground distribution systems
  • Performs station switching
  • Inspects distribution and transmission systems
  • Maintains poles and steel structures
  • Maintains system components
  • Identifies and mitigates environmental hazards (i.e., tree trimming, rodent infestations, erosion, etc.)
  • Repairs overhead and/or underground distribution systems
  • Repairs overhead and/or underground transmission systems including components (cross arms, conductors, poles and insulators), switches, terminations and other devices
• Finds and repairs power outages and performs emergency repairs
  • Uses appropriate personal and environmental protective devices and techniques to secure the work area and protect human safety
  • Identifies and reviews appropriate repair manuals or policies and procedures based on observed or reported fault
  • Confirms power restoration after repairs
  • Communicates effectively with first responders, dispatchers and members of the public to coordinate activities appropriately
  • Accurately documents work performed, equipment or parts used and notes deferred maintenance needs