Power Line Technician job description

About the job

We are looking for a power line technician to install and maintain overhead lines and underground cables on the distribution network and restore supply safely and quickly after faults.

Duties and responsibilities

• Install and maintain poles, overhead lines and their fittings on low and medium voltage networks
• Locate and repair faults and outages and restore supply to customers
• Make underground cable joints and terminations and lay cables in trenches
• Isolate and earth lines and prove them dead before work starts
• Install and service pole-mounted transformers, switches and fuses
• Climb poles or work from a bucket truck using fall protection
• Patrol lines on routine inspections and trim trees near them
• Follow permits to work and safety procedures strictly and barrier off the work area

Working conditions

• Field work in heat and all weather
• Emergency call-outs at night and on holidays during outages
• Travel between areas and towns

Requirements

• A vocational training certificate or an intermediate diploma in electrics or power distribution
• 3 to 6 years of experience in power line installation and maintenance

The years of experience follow the level you choose when posting.

Skills

• HV and LV lines
• Working at height
• Electrical safety
• Cable jointing
• Physical fitness
• Distribution transformers
• Line earthing
• First aid

Preferred

• A valid driving licence for service vehicles
• A training certificate in working at height and pole-top rescue
• Experience with underground cable networks in cities