SKEL 136 - Utility Worker Training

Credits: 5

Provides participants with the basic Ground Worker/Utility Worker knowledge and skills necessary to progress through the Lineworker/Electrical Utility Program.

Prerequisite(s): Current validation for Lineworker Level I program
Corequisite(s): SKEL 134, SKEL 138
Lecture Hours: 15 Lab Hours: 63
Meets MTA Requirement: None
Pass/NoCredit: No

Outcomes and Objectives

Understand both overhead and underground construction activities.
1. Operate/maintain forestry equipment such as chain saws, pole saws and hand saws as well as understanding the rules and procedures for operating this equipment on the ground and aloft
2. Operate/maintain trenching/backhoe equipment and perform loading/unloading of equipment for transport
3. Operate/set-up digger derricks
4. Operate truck mounted winches and capstan
5. Demonstrate the techniques to rescue an incapacitated student from an aerial lift device
6. Perform the use of hand signals, prepare a transformer for installation, conduct a routine patrol, tie basic knots and identify common tools, material and equipment
7. Identify the rules and regulations concerning Tailboard Conferences
8. Install/label primary and secondary URD cables