Medium Voltage LineTechnician 1

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

MV Line Tech 1, is the entry level class for this skilled electrical trade. Under close supervision incumbents learn and perform basic aspects of the trade and learn how to work with medium voltage distribution line voltages, while assisting MV line Techs/Lineman with the construction, maintenance, and repairs on the electrical overhead and underground distribution systems.

1. Learn and assist with performing the construction, maintenance, and repairs on the electrical overhead and underground distribution systems.
2. Learn and assist with operating, inspecting, and maintaining aerial devices, digger/derricks, excavation equipment, and other electric line related equipment.
3. Learn and observe proper safety precautions, particularly when working on or near energized circuits and with hazardous chemicals.
4. Dig pole and anchor holes. Load and unload, remove and install, and transport framing poles. Set transformers and pull underground primary and secondary conductors.
5. Assist MV line Tech's/Lineman with performing distribution switching, documentation, and mapping information, and perform other related duties as assigned.

Education:

1. High school diploma or GED are required for this position. 0+ years of experience

Job working conditions and environment:

This position is physically demanding and often requires working outdoors while exposed to all types of weather conditions and while working in all types of environments. For example, the incumbent may be required to work, depending on the job location and the time of year, in the heat, cold, rain and snow. This position also requires working at extreme heights, in areas that are under construction, or in restricted areas such as a switchgear room, manhole, utility tunnel, crawl space or attic. The incumbent must be able to access work areas that are accessible only by O.S.H.A. approved site construction ladders or stairs that are under construction. Additionally, this position requires flexible work hours. In order to get a project completed on time, employees are often required to work overtime, weekends and night shifts. The incumbent must work in the presence of customers and their representatives with little or no interference or disruption to the customer while maintaining a professional and courteous image.

Abilities:

1. Lifts at least 100 pounds at one time and 60 pounds for an extended period of time.
2. Relocates a 12-foot stepladder without assistance.
3. Works at various heights up to 60 feet and can climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders.
4. Walks, climbs, lifts, squats, crawls, kneels, pushes, pulls and reaches overhead on a routine and repetitive basis.
5. Possess good vision (may be corrected vision), the ability to see in color, and the ability to hear and communicate in English.
6. May use a standard ladder without exceeding the weight limit while carrying tools.
7. Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
8. Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
9. Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
10. See details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
11. Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.