Lineworker Wisconsin
Deploy and maintain fiber optic and copper communication equipment.
As a Lineworker, your job is to deploy and maintain fiber optic and copper communications. You will be responsible for the successful deployment and maintenance of fiber optic, copper and satellite communications equipment. Your duties include installing, configuring, testing, maintaining and repairing equipment, such as routers, switches, multiplexers, fiber-optic transmission systems, network interface units, terminal adapters and other communications equipment.
Build networks that can withstand extreme weather conditions and disasters, making them resilient.
- Learn to install new networks with current and emeriging technology.
- Understand disaster preparedness and make the network resilient.
Use bucket trucks to maintain high voltage lines up to 69kV.
You will use bucket trucks to maintain high voltage lines up to 69kV. The height of the bucket extends from the ground to the top of the pole. The truck has two stabilizers that it can set down to ensure it is stable. The bucket can be raised or lowered by the operator who may also have a helper in the bucket with him. You are responsible for inspecting and maintaining these high voltage lines and equipment which includes periodic inspections, line maintenance and repair, energized or de-energized, and documentation of activities performed.
Lay conduit, wire, insulators and poles for new power lines.
If you have an interest in utilizing your construction skills in a specialized role, conduit laying for power lines may be the career for you. Electricians often require the help of other workers to put down conduit and insulators necessary to protect wiring and people from shock. On average, professional lineworkers earn $49,000 per year. Often high voltage electrical company workers will make more on average than small local telecommunications installers.
More experienced workers may also be tasked with the installation of new poles as well. Wooden poles are commonly used because they’re cheaper than other building materials and are resistant to wear from weather conditions like heavy winds.
Maintain street lights and substations.
When you’re working on street lights and substations, you’re repairing issues that can lead to unexpected power outages. You also work closely with communication workers to maintain communications lines as well as power lines. In addition, you install, remove and maintain street lighting including underground systems.
Lineworkers go through rigorous training to become qualified for their job, where they build and maintain our nation’s energy infrastructure.
It takes anywhere from 4 months to 2 years to finish electrical training, depending on the school.
These programs are offered by electric utility companies, telecommunications companies, community colleges, and training centers.
Most include hands-on (practical) training as well as classroom instruction.
The curriculum includes:
- Safety procedures and regulations
- Electrical theory and terminology used in the industry
- National Electrical Code (NEC) standards
- How equipment operates; how it is constructed and repaired; how to maintain it
- How to read technical drawings of electrical systems
- Electric transformers and generators
- Electric motors