Electrical line installers and repairers

Electrical line installers and repairers install, repair and join electrical transmission and supply cables and related equipment.

Job Responsibilities

• Installing and repairing overhead and underground electrical power and electrical traction lines
• Making joints in overhead and underground cables
• Adhering to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas
• Opening switches or attaching grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs
• Climbing poles or using truck-mounted buckets to access equipment
• Identifying defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments