Overhead Three Phase Graduation

CONGRATULATIONS!

On Thursday, July 3rd, 51 Local 15 Members completed their Overhead Lineman Apprenticeship. President Chris Riser and Vice President Ben Busser attended the graduation ceremony at Commercial Center.

Pictured below: Oscar Ramirez, Rafael Cruz, Jonathan Johnson, Matthew Katchem, Tyler Metzger, Moises Munoz, Antonio Ocasio, Jorge Pantoja, John Piotter, Theo Reynolds, Joshua Ryan, Nicholas Scotti, Awan Smith, Anthony Anichini, Jacob Casey, Stephen Cotham, James David, Connor Goodman, Joshua Harjung, Chris Kolota, Thomas Lear, Daniel McDonald, Nickolas Medina, Justin Moore, Joseph Morabito, Kevin Mordt, Daniel O'Dwyer, Matthew Rys, Jyles Shelton, Dillon Smith, Trevor Vaessen, Richard Vetter, Michael Kniffin, Christopher Maul, Anthony Ricchiuto, Kyle Smith, Devin Bales, Jacob Better, Robert Blanchard-Coles, Dejuan Boyce, Coleman Braden, Jacob Bremer, LaVon Brown, Gregory Butler, Matthew Carroll, Ethan Clayton, Joseph Coleman, Ramon Delvalle, Daryonte Gaines-Walker, Qwade Gehring, Sam Holmes.

Overhead Electrician Job Duties

1. To install, remove or relocate line equipment

2. To install and maintain line equipment or underground cables.

3. To work on the pole in making preparation for work operations such as installing safety equipment on conductors, hoisting and installing blocks, risers and booms, and installing temporary rigging and weather enclosures.

4. On pole installation, replacement and relocation work to perform such operations as lashing poles, temporarily guying poles, removing and installing arms and braces, transferring line and service wires, transferring transformers providing temporary supports for cables, and conductors.

5. As instructed, to drive a truck or truck and trailer; to operate power take-off or trailer-mounted equipment; to control the fall line in the operation of the power device used for hoisting and lowering large or heavy equipment on poles or structures; and to operate excavating equipment.

6. To perform service restoration, work such as cutting lines in the clear, removing foreign objects from lines, replacing fuses, reinstalling and connection primary, secondary and services wires, lashing, bracing or guying poles; under the direction of a man of higher grade, to perform switching operations.

7. To perform work on transmission line towers such as installing temporary staging, pulling conductors to tension, attaching lines to insulators, washing insulators, operating live-line tools, installing pole-top switches, patrolling transmission lines and visually observing for sources of trouble and performing grounding operations and, very infrequently, to perform work from suspension ladders or a boatswain’s chair.

8. Occasionally, to perform such work as installing multiconductor lead-covered cables overhead, using a trolley-chair; testing resistance of ground rods and thawing water pipes.

9. Occasionally, to clean transformer vaults by dusting, sweeping and removing accumulations of dirt.

10. As assigned, to work with an inspector, overhead, and make inspections, as instructed, of poles, hardware, arms, conductors, pothead and transformer connections and other such equipment on overhead lines.

11. Occasionally, to perform repair work on pothead equipment, such as replacing front entrance plates, and covers on four conductors, air break potheads.