Tool box talk: Lineworker explains tools of the trade

[@RougaRouKJun]

I was a lineman for 8 years. The apprenticeship was awesome

[@autisticus1678]

What made you stop?

[@RougaRouKJun]

I never got comfortable handling high voltage with my hands day in and day out. The money was good, I was smart enough and hard working enough to do it. I was just unhappy.

[@autisticus1678]

@@RougaRouKJun what do you do now if you don’t mind me asking?

[@RougaRouKJun]

@@autisticus1678 I started a tree business

[@RougaRouKJun]

@@autisticus1678 I'm going to be honest I really miss it at times. Especially the pace doing construction. The gratification I got for getting the power back on during hurricanes. But untill you hold 14 thousand volts in your hand knowing it wants to stop your heart. Or burn you in a 10ft explosion. And do that for 60 hours a week in rubber gloves and sleeves. Man. Even energizing new line. Your basically dielectric testing every insulator. Cut out. Lightning arrestor. Every everything you've built. But the explosion will happen where you throw it in. I've gotten a 5 ft fire ball in my face from changing a meter. Simplest thing you can do. No tool to get you away from it. No way I could have known it was bad. It was brand new. I had 2 friends killed building transmission line one killed trying to save the other. I lost 1 friend because a train snagged a low rope. Between poles. A friend who's face was peeled off from a winch line breaking. There's an ugly side of line work. Your gonna get mashed fingers. Your gonna end up with a knee or shoulder surgery or both. Your gonna get chemical burns from the poles. I'm proud to be a Journeyman Lineman and love talking to my coworkers from the past but it just wasnt for.me

[@twilllinemanforhire6266]

2000 hrs to go! Get it

[@abdulhakeemsoomro5880]

I am lineman experience

[@tuneshaedmondson4137]

Thank you for education and knowledge about power liners

[@mikecropens5374]

I finished a college course on fundamentals of climbing. Thought id get on as a lineman, but now i need my 1A lol

[@hannahgarcia8645]

What's the 1A?

[@mikecropens5374]

@@hannahgarcia8645 1A license

[@JimwombatLand]

glad i come up free climbing , hitch hicking up a pole is a pain .....

[@VariacManiac]

I'm dying for this job. All i need is my CDL lol

[@molinajerry]

What makes you think you can not die from driving many people where i live die driving semi/tanker trucks

[@derronjoseph1408]

@@molinajerry he never said that

[@LiveLife91]

​@molinajerry I think you read that Wrong

[@largecocklloyd]

Don’t go to a line college call your local ibew and ask about the apprenticeship

[@bruh-om8ir]

nah. sounds like within the next 10 or so years more and more companies are wanting school

[@andrewsalazar98]

@@bruh-om8ir Graduating from the Union apprenticeship program makes you more qualified for work than a graduate from a trade school.

[@bbc454nos]

@@bruh-om8ir yeah rat, loser companies maybe. If you want to be a good lineman and make a real living, skip the stupid school and go to the IBEW. Real lineman do a union apprenticeship.

[@Mechaneer]

​@@Liljoe5.0why were your panties in a bunch? He just stated a simple fact. It's a trade which is best learned by doing it.

[@judep.1398]

I’ve been lookin into, and am very interested in pursuing a career as a lineman, but I’m 16 and don’t know where to start.

[@CassCountyElectric]

Jude, thank you for engaging with us and commenting on our video! Our lineworkers said they would be willing to talk with you about where to start and how they got into linework. If you are interested in talking with them over the phone, give us a call at 701-356-4400 and ask for Mike Mahlke. We would be happy to answer any of your questions!

[@largecocklloyd]

Call your local ibew and ask about the apprenticeship

[@filth6996]

Are you guys hiring groundmen?

[@FactsOVERfeelings2024]

Anybody in the comments do the aerial lineman gig?

[@jcraigshelton]

Knew a guy who was a ER doctor. Quit medicine altogether and went to lineman school. He’s a lineman up in Oregon somewhere last I heard.

[@abel6297]

Sounds like a unicorn deciding to become a horse

[@FuckWithRaw]

@@abel6297 not really. There was over a million doctors in the US in 2021 and only 70,000 lineman. First year journeyman salaries also average 8,000 USD more than first year DR. residency’s.

[@apotbos]

​@@abel6297 great work great pay

[@trevorl746]

Good stuff my guy

[@nicklosoya6213]

Thanks

[@jameshale8788]

Take care of your body I didn’t had to leave line work and miss it everyday

[@abdulhakeemsoomro5880]

Hello dear I am electrical technician would you reply plz

[@leenicholson1506]

So you guys don't glove hot wire at all?

[@CassCountyElectric]

Hi Lee, thank you for watching our video. This video was created for teachers to share with children. While our lineworkers do energize rubber gloving regularly, we prefer to work it de-energized or using other insulated tools to handle the energized wire.

[@bbc454nos]

Canadians dont rubber glove. They're terrified of real line work

[@noelyanezavlog5454]

good job boss new subscribe

[@danegivens2086]

im 14 and want to become a lineman its interest me for a while ive looked into going to northwest lineman college when im 18 its a 15 week program do you think its really worth spending 22k on it?

[@CassCountyElectric]

Dane, thank you for engaging with us and commenting on our video. Our lineworkers said they would be willing to talk with you about where they went to school and their experience in school. If you are interested in talking with them over the phone, coming to our warehouse in Fargo to learn more, or shadowing a lineworker for a day, give us a call at 701-356-4400 and ask for Mike Mahlke. We would be happy to answer any of your questions!

[@paulkovacic3686]

No. Get into an apprentice program

[@linehandibew6205]

Ibew will pay you to train!!!! Don’t waste your money on school

[@lui1367]

Join ibew or join jobs corps although you have to do a basic trade before you are eligible for the lineman advanced training it’s free program by the government so there’s that if you are willing to shell a couple of years

[@Cheeeesssse]

No don’t go to line school. Get into the IBEW as a groundman get your cdl and go from there

[@ricky8016]

What is the hourly pay for a lineman

[@linehandibew6205]

I’m making 67$ an hour

[@nicklosoya6213]

@@linehandibew6205 67.00 hour wow, wat state u work for

[@linehandibew6205]

@@nicklosoya6213 our contract went up in April. 69.52$ an hour. New York

[@LiveLife91]

& I heard they have 8-11hr shifts with LOTS of OT. Also Heard they don't Necessarily work ALL the time they on the Clock, they have about a few hrs of BS time where they're on their phone. Idk thats what I heard.

[@Mechaneer]

Here in LA we just got a new contract with a big pay boost: $85/hour. Double pay after 9 hours, and we work 12 hours a day an average of 3-4 days a week.

[@nicholaskukushin6626]

Thanks, very useful but I suspect you are dangerously too heavy for one pole. Be careful, there are a lot of old wooden poles in the US. Unfortunately, we have not such advanced tools in Russia. Even your hard hat is protect your ears better than European one.

[@Liljoe5.0]

I suspect your OSHA certified!

[@BFArch0n]

Thats a scary job man....no thanks!