(Any one position may not include all of the duties listed, nor do the examples cover all of the duties that may be performed.)
At the Basic 1 level - Performs as a helper, learns safety procedures, and identifies components of the power system:
Drives, operates, and performs preventative maintenance (including fuel and lubricants) on vehicles, including pre-trip inspections; cleans vehicles, equipment, and job site after work has been completed;
Operates equipment used in power distribution work;
Operates mobile devices to enter time, materials, and view GIS mapping data;
Assists in the installation, repair, maintenance, and removal of overhead and underground power lines, street light circuits and electric components; performs safe work practices; performs worker rescues such as pole-top, ladder, aerial lift;
Climbs poles or works in bucket attached to truck-mounted boom to perform work;
At the Basic 2 level – Assists with routine power line duties with guidance:
Troubleshoots cables, transformers, and secondary circuits; identifies and engages in safety procedures while performing switching of energized circuits;
Applies transformer theory, assists with transformer installations and connections; investigates transformer conditions;
Assists with servicing energized lines and components; prepares equipment and organizes materials needed; assists in the installation of connections for power distribution system;
Installs, repairs, and removes poles, towers, and anchors; utilizes tools such as those for crimping, splicing, operating winches, various types of trucks, diggers, pole pullers, and voltage detectors;
Utilizes tools and materials such as load tools, live line tools, hotsticks, circuit-switching tools, cable testing equipment, fault detections, reclosers, fuses, substation breakers, capacitors and lightning arrestors, voltage regulators;
Installs, maintains and repairs streetlight system;
Patrols power lines and street light circuits, looking for potential trouble spots;
At the Intermediate level – Performs routine duties independently; assists with more complex duties with guidance:
Performs heavy energized primary circuit work such as installing in-line switches, large conductor splicing, replacing dead-ends and insulators on heavy corners, breaker insulators, and push-brace installation;
Investigates voltage variations in order to determine power quality problems;
Connects and installs dual voltage transformers with proper secondary voltage connections;
At the Advanced level – Performs complex duties with guidance:
Parallels transformers, utilizes capacitors, replaces lightning arrestors, phases primary circuits, and utilizes voltage regulators;
Attends switching planning meetings and executes switching procedures in the field with proper radio etiquette.
