Description
What you'll do
* A Journeyperson Power Line Technician shall undertake any work required to construct, repair or maintain transmission and distribution lines on poles, towers and structures, such work to include patrolling of circuits, inspections as assigned, emergency repairs, repairing of street lights, makes distribution transformer connections, investigates customer complaints and interruptions, notwithstanding the duties assigned to a Meter Technician installs and removes meters, keeps themselves familiar with lines and the distribution portion of substations, refuses transformers and disconnects, makes collections and connects and disconnects services, operates or switches on lines
* A Power Line Technician including a Power Line Technician designated Person In Charge (P.I.C.) will not operate any station apparatus equipped with supervisory control
* In addition they shall undertake the framing, erection, stringing and terminating of all wire buses and overhead lines supported by strain type insulators in outdoor substations * Notwithstanding the duties assigned to a Power Cable Technician, a Journeyperson Power Line Technician may perform work on plastic insulated cables and accessories up to and including 20/35 kV
* Hole digging attachments, pole setting and related equipment on line trucks shall be operated by Power Line Technicians
* On distribution lines 35 kV and below, not under the direct control of an Area Control Station or a generating station, the BC Hydro will designate by local operating orders a Journeyperson Power Line Technician to be the P.I.C. of the operation of the distribution lines or circuits who shall be identified and recorded as such
* The P.I.C. responsibilities of a Power Line Technician shall include issuing instructions for safety assurances on distribution lines and circuits as required by those working in proximity
* In addition they shall deal with area electrical disturbances, maintain logs and other records as well as keeping up to date the mimic display board for the system
* Notwithstanding the duties assigned to an Electrician, a Power Line Technician may on 35 kV and below operate and switch distribution equipment up to but not including the feeder bus in distribution supply stations
* On 35 kV and above in distribution supply stations a Power Line Technician may on occasion be required to switch or replace fuses where fault conditions have occurred and an Electrician is not readily available * Notwithstanding the duties normally assigned to a Communication, Protection and Control Technologist, a Power Line Technician may perform installation and maintenance of Distribution automation equipment (eg. battery replacement, modem replacement and power resets). Communication Protection and Control Technologists retain jurisdiction for this work.
* A Journeyperson Power Line Technician shall undertake any work required to construct, repair or maintain transmission and distribution lines on poles, towers and structures, such work to include patrolling of circuits, inspections as assigned, emergency repairs, repairing of street lights, makes distribution transformer connections, investigates customer complaints and interruptions, notwithstanding the duties assigned to a Meter Technician installs and removes meters, keeps themselves familiar with lines and the distribution portion of substations, refuses transformers and disconnects, makes collections and connects and disconnects services, operates or switches on lines
* A Power Line Technician including a Power Line Technician designated Person In Charge (P.I.C.) will not operate any station apparatus equipped with supervisory control
* In addition they shall undertake the framing, erection, stringing and terminating of all wire buses and overhead lines supported by strain type insulators in outdoor substations * Notwithstanding the duties assigned to a Power Cable Technician, a Journeyperson Power Line Technician may perform work on plastic insulated cables and accessories up to and including 20/35 kV
* Hole digging attachments, pole setting and related equipment on line trucks shall be operated by Power Line Technicians
* On distribution lines 35 kV and below, not under the direct control of an Area Control Station or a generating station, the BC Hydro will designate by local operating orders a Journeyperson Power Line Technician to be the P.I.C. of the operation of the distribution lines or circuits who shall be identified and recorded as such
* The P.I.C. responsibilities of a Power Line Technician shall include issuing instructions for safety assurances on distribution lines and circuits as required by those working in proximity
* In addition they shall deal with area electrical disturbances, maintain logs and other records as well as keeping up to date the mimic display board for the system
* Notwithstanding the duties assigned to an Electrician, a Power Line Technician may on 35 kV and below operate and switch distribution equipment up to but not including the feeder bus in distribution supply stations
* On 35 kV and above in distribution supply stations a Power Line Technician may on occasion be required to switch or replace fuses where fault conditions have occurred and an Electrician is not readily available * Notwithstanding the duties normally assigned to a Communication, Protection and Control Technologist, a Power Line Technician may perform installation and maintenance of Distribution automation equipment (eg. battery replacement, modem replacement and power resets). Communication Protection and Control Technologists retain jurisdiction for this work.
Contact
BC Hydro
6911 Southpoint Drive
Burnaby
Colombie-Britannique Canada
www.bchydro.com
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