Also called: Groundman, Line Apprentice
Starts a lineworker career on the ground: rigging, loading materials, and learning to climb.
You load poles, run tools up to the lineworkers in the bucket, flag traffic, and practice climbing until you're ready to go up yourself.
Pay rises quickly through apprenticeship steps.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 0 years after high school. Lineworker pre-apprentice school (about 15 weeks) or direct hire.
Ways in: Trade school, Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Electrical Lineworker (trade school).
Growing faster than average (about 7% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Entry crews still dig, rig and climb by hand; drones and sensors change inspection, not the groundwork or climbing.
Age 18+. One way to start: Get a CDL learner's permit and apply to line contractors or utilities as a groundworker First: A CDL learner's permit; most line contractors want a Class A CDL within months
Classes: Physics, Weight training, Electrical CTE class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9051.
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