Install or repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution systems. May erect poles and light or heavy duty transmission towers.

Other names for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers: Lineman, Lineman Apprentice, Linesman, Lineworker, Mechanic, Overhead Line Worker, Patrolman, Pole Climber, Power Line Installer, Power Line Lineman, Power Lineman, Radio Interference Trouble Shooter, Relay Man, Relay Worker, Service Crew Leader, Service Man, Splicer, Street Railway Line Installer, Third-Rail Installer, Tower Erector, Trolley Wire Installer, Trouble Lineman, Trouble Shooter, Underground Conduit Installer, Underground Electrician, Utility Locator, Wire Chief, Wire Stretcher, Cable Inspector, Cable Installer Repairer, Cable Installer-Repairer, Cable Layer, Cable Splicer, Cable Splicer Apprentice, Cable Splicer Assistant, Cable Tester, Cableman, Climber, Electric Installer, Electric Power Line Repairer, Electric Powerline Examiner, Electric Serviceman, Electrical Line Worker, Electrical Lineman, Electrical Lineworker, Emergency Man, Emergency Service Restorer, Emergency Worker, Ground Crew Lines Person, Ground Crew Linesman, High Tension Tester, Hiker, Hot Stick Man, Hot Stick Worker, Installer, Journeyman Lineman, Line Builder, Line Crewman, Line Erector, Line Erector Apprentice, Line Foreman, Line Inspector, Line Installer, Line Maintainer, Line Mechanic, Line Patrolman, Line Repairer,

• Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas.
• Open switches or attach grounding devices in order to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs.
• Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment.
• Place insulating or fireproofing materials over conductors and joints.
• Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches.
• Identify defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments.
• Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites.
• Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers.
• Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments.
• String wire conductors and cables between poles, towers, trenches, pylons, and buildings, setting lines in place and using winches to adjust tension.
• Test conductors, according to electrical diagrams and specifications, to identify corresponding conductors and to prevent incorrect connections.
• Replace damaged poles with new poles, and straighten the poles.
• Install watt-hour meters and connect service drops between power lines and consumers' facilities.
• Attach crossarms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them.
• Travel in trucks, helicopters, and airplanes to inspect lines for freedom from obstruction and adequacy of insulation.
• Dig holes using augers, and set poles, using cranes and power equipment.
• Trim trees that could be hazardous to the functioning of cables or wires.
• Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment.
• Cut and peel lead sheathing and insulation from defective or newly installed cables and conduits prior to splicing.
• Clean, tin, and splice corresponding conductors by twisting ends together or by joining ends with metal clamps and soldering connections.
• Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
• Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduit running through the trenches.
• Cut trenches for laying underground cables, using trenchers and cable plows.

• Air compressors
• Pneumatic hammer
• All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled
• Hex keys
• Ammeters
• Electrical insulators
• Traffic signals
• Protective gloves
• Augers
• Awls
• Backhoes
• Safety harnesses or belts
• Bench vises
• Blocks or pulleys
• Recreational motorboats
• Bolt cutters
• Telescoping boom lift
• Form tools or toolbits
• Mask or respirators filters or accessories
• Saws
• Articulating boom lift
• Conduit benders
• Wire or cable cutters
• Detection apparatus for non metallic objects
• Stripping tools
• Lifting hooks
• Hoists
• Jacks
• Power saws
• Clamp On Multimeter
• Grab hooks
• Safety shoes
• Pullers
• Lug crimping tool dies
• Power drills
• Hazardous material protective apparel
• Circuit tester
• Pry bars
• Voltage or current meters
• Spades
• Dynamometers
• Voltage or current meters
• Voltage or current meters
• Drill bits
• Dump trucks
• Ear plugs
• Pullers
• Power drills
• Power screwguns
• Electrical power sensors
• Facial shields
• Safety harnesses or belts
• Files
• Fire blankets
• Fire extinguishers
• Fire retardant apparel
• Fish tape
• Flares
• Fuse pullers
• Power drills
• Blocks or pulleys
• Pneumatic hammer
• Electrical resistance or conductance sensors
• Grounding hardware
• Saws
• Power drills
• Hammers
• Conduit benders
• Lifts
• Reamers
• Saws
• Hard hats
• Conduit benders
• Wire or cable cutters
• Power drills
• Hydraulic press frames
• Tampers
• Heat tracing equipment
• Wire or cable cutters
• Protective gloves
• Utility knives
• Linemans pliers
• Utility knives
• Specialty wrenches
• Voltage or current meters
• Pneumatic hammer
• Cable clamps
• Saws
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Ladders
• Laser printers
• Protective gloves
• Levels
• Lifelines or lifeline equipment
• Slings
• Light trucks or sport utility vehicles
• Circuit tracers
• Circuit breakers
• Platform lift
• Measuring wheels for distance
• Megohmmeters
• Needlenose pliers
• Nut drivers
• Strap wrenches
• Ohmmeters
• Fiber optic test sources
• Oscilloscopes
• Hoists
• Lifting hooks
• Personal computers
• Phasemeters
• Picks
• Extension pole
• Pipe wrenches
• Plumb bobs
• Pneumatic drill
• Safety harnesses or belts
• Jacks
• Gas generators
• Potentiometers
• Conduit benders
• Boring tools
• Power chippers
• Flatbed trailers
• Pressure or steam cleaners
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Telescoping boom lift
• Wire or cable cutters
• Cable reels
• Pick or place robots
• Grounding devices or assemblies
• Power saws
• Safety boots
• Goggles
• Scaffolding
• Screwdrivers
• Shovels
• Skid steer loaders
• Hammers
• Slip or groove joint pliers
• Snowmobiles or snow scooter
• Socket sets
• Soldering irons or guns
• Grounding devices or assemblies
• Cable reels
• Reflectometers
• Torque wrenches
• Gas detectors
• Trenching machines
• Conventional truck cranes
• Two way radios
• Utility knives
• Water pumps
• Welding tools
• Wheel chocks
• Wheel bulldozers
• Winches
• Wire cutters
• Wire lug crimping tool
• Tongs
• Winches
• Wood chisels

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