Lineworker Apprentice — Travel, Training & Benefits

Karian Peterson, LLC; Montevideo (MN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Karian Peterson, LLC in Minnesota offers a lineworker apprentice program that combines field work with the MREA curriculum. You’ll work under journeymen on distribution and transmission projects while learning the trade hands-on and meeting federal/state requirements.

The program lasts four years, with potential to test out in one to two years. Travel across a five-state area is required, and lodging is provided with per diem offered as well.

Qualifications

• A valid CDL (commercial driver’s license).
• Willingness to travel across our five-state service area.
• Ready to learn the trade from the ground up and take safety seriously.
• Able to pass a pre-employment drug screening.

Responsibilities

• Work under journeyman supervision on distribution and transmission line construction.
• Set and retire poles, pull and retire conductor, and install guy wires and anchors.
• Install transformers and secondary runs to the meter.
• Complete the four-year MREA lineworker apprentice curriculum alongside the field work.
• Follow the safety practices that have kept us free of major accidents since 2000.

Skills

Willingness to learn

Safety minded

Travel readiness

Job description

Karian Peterson, LLC in Minnesota offers a lineworker apprentice program that combines field work with the MREA curriculum. You’ll work under journeymen on distribution and transmission projects while learning the trade hands-on and meeting federal/state requirements.

The program lasts four years, with potential to test out in one to two years. Travel across a five-state area is required, and lodging is provided with per diem offered as well.