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Do you have any experience in the field of electrical power line installation?

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Devin’s Answer

Hey Jacob,

I used to work in Anderson, Indiana, as a Fiber Engineer before moving to Microsoft. We collaborated closely with power linemen on SCADA machines and high voltage lines. These jobs are usually union positions, so check with your local IBEW union for opportunities. The pay is good, though the hours can be tough.

If you're interested, give it a shot. If it doesn't suit you, that's okay—try something else. Don't hesitate to dive in and get hands-on. It might take a bit for the experienced linemen to warm up to you, but if you show you're eager to learn and grow, you'll fit right in.

Devin recommends the following next steps:

Talk to your local IBEW union
Accept a position as an apprentice
Work through the three-year apprenticeship and become a certified Electrical Worker
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Eddie’s Answer

I haven’t directly worked specifically in installing overhead power lines, however, when working as a “Rigging Electrician” for the IATSE in Hawaii we worked with the same caliber “4/0” 100’ rolls of cable when we set up power for stage and location productions…. Often for example, at large hotels, when we were working inside and near the roof our only options were to plug directly into the hotels main fuse boxes live, run the power cables out the window and up to the roof… we would do this by first bringing them up to the roof, tieing off each cable to an anchor on the roof end and then feed them off the edge of the building to a Floor below. One time we had to drop it 5 levels before we could get to a room that stuck out enough to receive the cable in the window or balcony…. Typically the power cables would be run from 80kw up to multiple 160kw generators to have enough power to run up to 6-10 18kw lights on top of all the other lights for the sh out when on location.
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