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Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

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work_installation_repair/electrical_power_line_installers_and_repairers

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Child Nodes (23)

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Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas.

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Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites.

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Open switches or attach grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs.

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Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment.

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Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches.

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Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments.

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Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers.

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Replace or straighten damaged poles.

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String wire conductors and cables between poles, towers, trenches, pylons, and buildings, setting lines in place and using winches to adjust tension.

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Attach cross-arms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them.

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Dig holes, using augers, and set poles, using cranes and power equipment.

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Travel in trucks, helicopters, and airplanes to inspect lines for freedom from obstruction and adequacy of insulation.

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Identify defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments.

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Install watt-hour meters and connect service drops between power lines and consumers' facilities.

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Test conductors, according to electrical diagrams and specifications, to identify corresponding conductors and to prevent incorrect connections.

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Place insulating or fireproofing materials over conductors and joints.

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Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment.

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Trim trees that could be hazardous to the functioning of cables or wires.

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Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.

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Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduit running through the trenches.

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Cut trenches for laying underground cables, using trenchers and cable plows.

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Cut and peel lead sheathing and insulation from defective or newly installed cables and conduits prior to splicing.

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Clean, tin, and splice corresponding conductors by twisting ends together or by joining ends with metal clamps and soldering connections.