NCCER Power Line Worker Level 1

Issued by NCCER

This individual has demonstrated the ability to: • Properly use craft-specific PPE and safety equipment • Understand safety practices for high-voltage work • Describe hazards/safeguards for confined spaces and trench work • Explain basic electrical concepts • Identify meters used to measure voltage, current, and resistance • Perform circuit calculations using Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s laws • Safely climb wooden utility poles • Safely ascend and descend steel towers …see more skills below.

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…skills continued… • Properly use tools of the trade • Assemble and install guys • Perform aerial framing procedures • Install transformers and connect conductors • Safely operate utility service equipment • Demonstrate ASME hand signals • Tie rigging knots • Describe crane and rigging safety procedures • Load and unload wood poles • Pull wood poles and set new ones • Explain safety guidelines for trenching, excavating, and boring equipment • Describe types of test equipment and how they operate
Completed training through an NCCER Accredited training organization. Successfully demonstrated to an NCCER-certified instructor and/or evaluator the performance task requirements for this level. Successfully completed the course modules and passed the knowledge based examinations.
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