Learn to
build foundations, erect poles and towers, string
wires, build substations, install street lighting systems, and
make underground installations on all kinds of terrain, in all
kinds of weather.
Learn to
maintain existing electrical service; to replace
poles, conductors, insulators, transformers and other
apparatus-even while lines are energized.
Learn
through on-the-job training, through at-home study
of instruction manuals, and through occasional classroom instruction.
Your Northeastern Apprentice training Program is carefully
organized, consisting of 7000 hours of study, training and examinations,
requiring
approximately 3 1/2 years to complete. When you finish, you will understand electric power transmission and distribution-From the Ground up!
Upon Satisfactory completion of the
Northeastern Apprentice Training Program, the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers Union will accept you as a Journeyman Lineman. Your Northeastern
Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Outside Electrical Industry is
composed of representatives of the union and outside electrical contractors. Foremen and
general foremen rise from the ranks of Northeastern Apprentice Training Program graduates.
In these days of increased electric power needs, advancement is rapid. Some
Northeastern Apprentice Training graduates eventually start their own
contracting business in the Outside Electrical Industry. You can go as far as
your ambitions and abilities lead you; the opportunity is there!
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