Electrical Lineman
Hourly Rates up to | Jobs Available |
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$73 | 10,500+ |
Lineman Job Description
Responsibilities
From handling electrical equipment and directing job sites, to digging trenches and installing transmission lines, a lineman is expected to take on a wide range of job responsibilities. Some of those include:
- Install equipment ranging from utility poles to power lines to crossarms, insulators, switches and switchgear
- Test equipment, including conductors, switches, voltage regulators and transformers
- Climb poles and transmission towers and use truck-mounted buckets to reach power lines and other equipment
- Dig holes and set (erect) poles using construction equipment
- Drive work vehicles to job sites
FAQs on How To Become a Lineman
The bottom line:
For those who don’t want a desk job and aren’t afraid of working hard, becoming an electrical lineman has many perks. The work is outdoors, is critically important and requires a level of independence that you can’t find in many other jobs. If you take safety seriously and learn all that you can during training, you’ll be on course for a bright future.
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