How do they match: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

  • Service Crew Leader
  • Service Man
  • Emergency Service Restorer

  • Install or repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution systems. May erect poles and light or heavy duty transmission towers.

  • Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites.
  • Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment.
  • Install watt-hour meters and connect service drops between power lines and consumers' facilities.
  • Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
  • Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment.
  • Travel in trucks, helicopters, and airplanes to inspect lines for freedom from obstruction and adequacy of insulation.

  • Drive trucks or other vehicles to or at work sites.