lineman job shadow

    This post is going to be about the job shadow I had a little after the first post, the job shadow I had took place in downtown Seattle with my cousin Jared Grubb, he's been a lineman for 3 years and is just about a journeyman worker, they were working on the new subway station that is being built, there were a ton of other workers there including drywallers, electricians, basic construction work, people that companies flew from Texas just to make sure there product was installed correctly so they can back it up with their warranty. Then there are the lineman they were not actually working on power poles they were in the station working on the super high voltage wires that are used to power the trains and the station and the electricians would power all that energy into smaller amounts for like computers, lights and outlets. When I got there, there wasn't much going on they were just finishing up the work, grounding the wires making sure everything was right on this like multi million dollar project. I don't know much of what they were actually doing because it's a bunch of words I don't know and torque wrenching stuff, but what I did notice and understand was they all knew what was going on and it's a small group of workers working with a journeyman lineman and they all knew each other and were super cool. Here are some pictures I took of what they were doing. Look how huge those wires are and good damn they are heavy, and I got to see that under the station and there's just tons of feet of it. The picture of the fans were the transformers of the stations and I believe there were 4 of them. Thank you for reading !!

 

lineman post 5

    So Id say we have a basic idea of what this job involves but im sure there's lots more to learn about this job, but using what we gathered let's talk advantages and disadvantages of this job let's start with the disadvantages of this job. First of all this job isn't going to be a walk in the park. Expect to come to work, wake up early, work long hours, work on weekends, and bust your ass all the time personally this is just what I like I've always done hard labor no matter if its mowing lawns when I was a kid in the heat of the summer or polishing stone in the freezing cold weather, and that's why I joined the army to give me more of a new standard for myself because at times I feel myself start slipping and getting a little lazy so this should reform me and prepare me for my career. Another disadvantage is the moving around and if you have a wife and a kid it may get a little tricky with your wife always bitching about how she doesn't want to live in a 5th that moves around for ever and all that bull shit, but as I said in my earlier blogs this should only last for about 3 to 5 years or however long it takes you to finish your apprenticeship. Advantages include something new on the job everyday and the pay is awesome, bad ass work Id feel like Id wake up everyday and love what I do for a job and that to me is worth way more than the pay. Let's also talk training/ education for this job so you don't need ANY education after high school and honestly you don't even need a diploma but it is definitely recommended, so if you'd like to be a lineman you got to get into a line school and do an apprenticeship threw them.

(WOIS)