Tennessee Valley Public Power Association (TVPPA) will offer its Apprentice Lineman Training program at the KUA training facility throughout 2024. This training program intended for beginning apprentices introduces the groundwork for understanding the profession, such as basic electricity, math and alternating current fundamental principles. Participants learn about the tools and equipment used in everyday operations as well as the following applications:
- Meter applications
- Phasing and measuring voltage and current
- Stringing and sagging wire
- Substation operations
- Transformer connections
- Transmission and distribution line maintenance
- Underground distribution systems
The training program five labs and a final exam. During courses, participants learn:
- Basic knots
- Basic troubleshooting steps for overhead and underground systems
- Bucket truck rescue
- Climbing skills for overhead line construction
- How to construct and frame lines
- How to understand and follow job briefing
- How to ground and prepare stress cones for underground cable
- Pole-top rescue
- Pre-trip bucket truck inspection
- Safe climbing techniques
- Transformer banking
Here’s the outline of courses offered at the KUA training facility this year:
- Lineman Apprenticeship Lab 4: Underground
- Lineman Apprenticeship Lab 1: Fundamentals
- Digger Derrick Lab
- Lineman Apprenticeship Lab 5: Troubleshooting
- Lineman Apprenticeship Lab 2: Construction
- Lineman Apprenticeship Lab 3: Operations
- Lineman Apprenticeship Pre-Apprentice Assessment Workshop
- Lineman Apprenticeship Final Exam
Contact Lindsay Jack to learn about the registration process for Members.