Overhead Lines Advanced Apprentice – Telford

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

Job summary

A leading training provider in the UK is offering an apprenticeship program for Overhead Linespersons. This role involves hands-on work at height, including constructing, maintaining, and repairing overhead lines and equipment. Apprentices will receive practical training and engage in various craft skills activities. Ideal candidates will gain insights into network operations and carry out critical testing and maintenance tasks. This program is a great opportunity to begin a career in electrical engineering.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with overhead lines and equipment.
• Ability to conduct inspections, maintenance, and repairs.
• Understanding of testing procedures for LV cables.

Responsibilities

• Construct and alter overhead lines and install plant equipment.
• Carry out routine inspections and maintenance of overhead equipment.
• Record asset routes and perform testing on LV cables.

Job description

The apprenticeship programme takes approximately three years to complete, and you’ll spend your first 12 weeks being inducted into 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