Electrical Lineworker · New York
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Electrical Lineworker programs train you to build and maintain the overhead and underground power lines, poles, transformers, and high-voltage systems that carry electricity across the grid.
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What you'll study in a Electrical Lineworker program
- Pole climbing with gaffs, body belts, and fall-arrest systems, plus pole-top and bucket truck rescue
- Setting poles and framing crossarms, insulators, and guy assemblies on overhead distribution lines
- Stringing, sagging, and tensioning overhead conductors and installing underground cable, vaults, and risers
- Rubber-glove and hot-stick methods, cover-up, and protective grounding for energized line work
- Connecting and maintaining transformers, voltage regulators, reclosers, capacitor banks, and metering
- Operating digger derricks, bucket trucks, and aerial lifts for line construction and maintenance
- Applying the National Electrical Safety Code and OSHA practices, switching, tagging, and clearance procedures
- Reading distribution circuit maps, one-line diagrams, and staking sheets to lay out line construction
- Troubleshooting outages, fault location, and storm-restoration work on de-energized and live circuits
Where a Electrical Lineworker degree can lead
- Electrical power-line installer and repairer (lineworker)
- Apprentice lineman
- Journeyman lineman
- Substation technician
- Underground cable splicer
- Troubleman / service restoration lineworker
Typical pay: Early-career wages vary by employer, region, and experience (BLS, 2024 electrical power-line installers and repairers median $92,560).
An Electrical Lineworker program prepares you to construct, energize, and repair the power delivery network that runs between generating plants and customer meters. Students learn to climb wood and steel structures with gaffs, belts, and fall-arrest gear, set poles, frame crossarms, and string and sag overhead conductors, as well as install underground cable in trenches and vaults. Coursework covers transformer connections, voltage regulators, reclosers, and metering, along with rubber-glove and hot-stick methods for working energized lines, proper grounding, and the cover-up practices behind safe high-voltage work. You also operate digger derricks and bucket trucks and read distribution maps and one-line diagrams. Unlike an Electrician, who wires panels and devices inside buildings to the National Electrical Code, this trade works outdoors on the transmission and distribution system at far higher voltages.
Most lineworkers enter through a registered apprenticeship or a pre-apprenticeship certificate, then advance from apprentice to journeyman lineman as they log hours and pass step exams. Programs often align with safety standards such as OSHA rules and the National Electrical Safety Code, and many graduates hold first-aid, CPR, pole-top and bucket rescue, and a commercial driver's license; verify which credentials an employer or local utility expects. Crews work for utilities, electrical cooperatives, and contractors, frequently outdoors, at height, and on storm-restoration call after outages. Where Electrical Engineering Technology centers on bench testing of electronic systems and HVAC Technology on heating and cooling equipment, this path is field line work. Pay, schedules, and demand vary by region, utility, and experience, and a program is preparation, not a guarantee of placement.
In federal data for the closely related occupation of electrical power-line installers and repairers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 2024 median wage of $92,560 and projects employment to grow about 6.6% from 2024 to 2034; a high school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education for that occupation. National figures are occupation-wide medians across all experience levels, not starting wages or graduate outcomes.
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