Powerline Technician Apprentice — Hands-On Field Training

Valard Construction; Lion's Head; On-site; CAD 59,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CUSW benefits

Unionized site

Job summary

Valard Construction, Canada's premier utility contractor, is seeking Powerline Technician Apprentices (PLT) to join our Ferndale, ON project team. You will work with Journeypersons to install and inspect distribution facilities and gain hours toward your Journeyperson certificate.

We welcome Apprentices registered with an Ontario Provincial program, including Levels 1–4, and require residency within commuting distance. This is a unionized site with opportunities under the CUSW umbrella.

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled as a Powerline Technician Apprentice with the Ontario Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission.
• Valid Driver's License and ability to provide an acceptable Drivers Abstract.
• Willingness to work away from home and work a variety of shifts.
• Knowledge of trade safety practices, procedures and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work with a Journeyperson Powerline Technician and gain hours towards obtaining Journeyperson Certificate.
• Climb and work from heights and parallel to energized circuits.
• Maintain poles, towers and guy wires.
• Splice, solder and insulate conductors and related wiring to connect power distribution networks.
• Open and close switches and install grounding devices to lines and equipment.
• May climb poles and/or ride in bucket to install or repair wires, arms, insulators or other hardware on poles.
• Install and repair underground facilities such as cable, transformers, potheads and pedestals.
• Install pole hardware and auxiliary equipment such as transformers, lightning arresters, switches, fuses and insulators, using hand tools and mechanical devices.
• May cover energized lines with rubber goods to facilitate safe handling of high-voltage lines without interrupting service.
• Use insulated poles (hot sticks) fitted with mechanically or hydraulically operated grasping and crimping tools and/or rubber gloves and sleeves to perform energized line work.

Skills

Safety awareness

Willingness to learn

Valid Driver's License

Teamwork

Education

Powerline Technician Apprenticeship enrollment

Tools

Bucket truck operation

Hand tools

Job description

Valard Construction, Canada's premier utility contractor, is seeking Powerline Technician Apprentices (PLT) to join our Ferndale, ON project team. You will work with Journeypersons to install and inspect distribution facilities and gain hours toward your Journeyperson certificate.

We welcome Apprentices registered with an Ontario Provincial program, including Levels 1–4, and require residency within commuting distance. This is a unionized site with opportunities under the CUSW umbrella.