Our Apprenticeship progression reads as follows:
0-1000 hours: Apprentice should be issued climbing gear and begin learning to climb. Greatest emphasis should be placed on safety awareness and hazard recognition. No work on energized equipment.
1000-2000 hours: Apprentice should be issued rubber gloves and allowed to work 600 volts or less as his climbing ability allows, but not on energized primary equipment, poles or structures.
2000-3000: Apprentice should be allowed to work on any equipment, pole or structure, but not within reaching or falling distance of conductors energized at more than 600 volts.
There are 4 more steps.