Description

Power Line Technicians construct, maintain and repair the overhead and underground electrical power transmission and distribution systems that make up the electrical power grid. This involves putting up and maintaining electrical poles, towers and guy wires as well as installing or repairing the live-line wiring and other components required to connect power distribution and transmission networks. Power Line Technician is a nationally designated trade under the Inter-provincial Red Seal program.

Power Line Technicians also inspect and test overhead and underground power lines and auxiliary equipment and install and maintain street lighting systems. Because of the nature of their work, they are often working at heights on poles and towers, either on a ladder or in a hydraulic bucket. In some cases, they are required to work in confined spaces like trenches or tunnels to install underground lines or equipment.

Electric power companies, electrical contractors and public utilities are the primary employers. Some Power Line Technicians are highly mobile and their skills are in demand across Canada and in the United States.

Program Profile
Powerline Technician Profile 

Program Outline
Power Line Technician Program Outline

Training Institutions
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Certification Challenge Application
CS011.3 Power Line Technician Challenge Package

Application for Sign-Off Authority (formerly known as Equivalency Status Application)
No Program Sign-Off Authority Application is available for this program at this time.

Prior Work-based Training Credit Application
CS002.2 Power Line Technician

Information Guide: Preparing to Write an Interprovincial Red Seal Examination
This published information guide provides study techniques which can be used to prepare for writing the Interprovincial Red Seal examination for this trade. Topics which are discussed in the guide are: the National Occupational Analysis (NOA), studying for the Red Seal exam, sample Red Seal questions, and writing the Red Seal exam.

Inter-Provincial Examination Information
All of the Inter-Provincial examinations have an assigned number of questions based on each National Occupational Analysis (NOA) blocks and tasks. Refer to the table for an assigned number of questions per exam, the assigned number of questions per block section and the assigned number of questions per task for this trade.

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