lineman post 2

 

   

High voltage. 2018. Downtown subway(Julian Cross)

 

 What exactly is a lineman some of you may ask and what do they other than just fix power lines/install them? That is what I will be informing you about in this post!

So a lineman not only climb poles and fix power lines and install them but they also install lines under ground, as well tower work too, they also use a huge variety of heavy equipment like teachers( to dig a trench of course), cable plows to make way for underground cables and a bunch of other fun tools that you won't be using in any other job. Line installers will also do private work as well connecting a line between the power grid and a set house, warehouse or anything else that needs a line connected. They also repair power lines. Say a storm came and knocked out a power line cutting power to 15,000 customers a lineman would be there as fast as possible fixing that so everyone won't have to sleep in the dark. On that note there is a special season called storm season where you may make up to double pay because of the storms!! There are a lot more duties that this profession performs but I think those are the main ones given for a day to day work as a lineman(Wois). I talked to a lineman about his job and he said two quotes one being “identify, Isolate, test and ground” which is what you must do if your installing wire, fixing wire, working on a transmission tower… and the second quote is “look up and live” which makes sense because this is a very dangerous job, messing with enough electricity to kill ten horses in sometimes dangerous conditions (Cross).  The next post will be coming next week, so stick around!!