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• Lineman Career Development Program

  The Lineman Career Development Program is a voluntary training program available to ElectriCities members and approved by the State of North Carolina Department of Labor. It exceeds the training mandates as outlined in the Federal Register 1910.269 Subpart R and 1926.95 Subpart V of the OSHA regulations guide. The program provides a way for municipal power line technicians to increase their skills and knowledge. Linemen enrolled in this program will learn to install, repair and maintain electric systems. The program is divided into four levels beginning at Level I and ending with Level IV or the Journeyman level.  Each level will take approximately one year to complete. It is a mixture of classroom and on-the-job-training. The students will gain an understanding of electricity and, in the more advanced levels, gain supervisory experience and knowledge of complex electric operations.

• Meter Technician Career Development Program

  The Meter Technician Career Development Program is a voluntary training program open to ElectriCities members.  The program is designed to increase the skills and knowledge of meter technicians at all experience levels. The students will learn to test, install, repair and maintain customer watt-hour meters.  They will also gain an understanding of the basics of math as it relates to electricity.  In the more advanced levels, the students will gain overall job knowledge of complex polyphase metering. The program is divided into three training levels: Level I – Basic; Level II – Intermediate; and Level III – Advanced.

• Substation Career Development Program

  The Substation Career Development Program is a voluntary training program available to ElectriCities members and approved by the North Carolina Department of Labor. It exceeds the training mandates as outlined in the Federal Register 1910.269 Subpart R and 1926.95 Subpart V of the OSHA regulations guide.  The program provides a way for municipal substation technicians to increase their skills and knowledge. Technicians enrolled in this program will learn to install, repair and maintain electric systems. They will gain an understanding of electricity and, in the more advanced levels, gain supervisory experience and knowledge of complex electric operations.  This program consists of four levels of training.

• Underground Career Development Program

  The Underground Career Development Program is a voluntary training program available to ElectriCities’ members and approved by the North Carolina Department of Labor. It exceeds the training mandates as outlined in the Federal Register 1910.269 Subpart R and 1926.95 Subpart V of the OSHA regulations guide. The program provides a way for municipal underground power line technicians to increase their skills and knowledge. Underground power line technicians enrolled in this program will learn to install, repair and maintain electric systems. They will gain an understanding of electricity and, in the more advanced levels, gain supervisory experience and knowledge of complex electric operations. This program consists of four levels of training.