Overhead Lines Advanced Apprentice – Lincoln or Boston

Best Apprenticeships; Torquay; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading apprenticeship organization in the United Kingdom is seeking Overhead Linespersons to join their program. As an apprentice, you'll gain hands-on experience in constructing and maintaining overhead lines, working safely at heights, and conducting inspections. You'll represent the company and be involved in various technical project activities, ensuring effective operations on the live network. This is a unique opportunity to develop valuable skills in the electricity industry.

Qualifications

• Ability to work at heights safely and effectively.
• Experience with overhead line construction and maintenance.
• Good communication skills to coordinate with team members.

Responsibilities

• Construct and maintain overhead lines and equipment.
• Carry out inspections, maintenance, and repairs of equipment.
• Participate in craft skills activities on live circuits.

Skills

Hands-on experience

Electrical safety

Problem-solving

Job description

The apprenticeship programme takes approximately three years to complete, and you’ll spend your first 12 weeks being inducted onto the programme at one of our Training Centres.

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Overhead Linespersons are overhead line engineers who work at height constructing, maintaining, testing, repairing and replacing overhead lines and equipment.

You will represent National Grid and carry out work handed down by other areas of the business.

Join us, and we’ll see you participate in craft skills activities on the live LV network, on dead LV, HV and EHV circuits (live HV circuits if part of a Hot Glove team). You’ll help with network operations, connect generators and services and organise your own projects. You’ll also:

• Construct and alter overhead lines, install pole mounted plant, run and terminate cables to plant and overhead lines
• Carry out routine inspection, maintenance and repairs of overhead equipment
• Record asset routes, details and positions
• Record plant details
• Locate and identify cables, test insulation, phasing and continuity on LV cables
• Test earthing, voltage, phasing and phase rotation
• Carry out switching operations on the LV network