Is there any lineman Journeyman or apprentice here thats willing to share there story

[Motivedx2]

---

\


Is there any lineman Journeyman or apprentice here thats willing to share there story

What made you become a lineman? do you go to a school or did you get an apprenticeship with the union?

[Old Line Dog]

---

\


Is there any lineman Journeyman or apprentice here thats willing to share there story

What made you become a lineman? do you go to a school or did you get an apprenticeship with the union?

I was just getting married and the local town in Ill. I was in had an ad in the paper they were hiring an Appretice Lineman. Ma Bell Was also Hiring Apprentice Linemen. I went with the utility cause It was 25 cents more an hour. :-) They sent me to schools and I was trained by the old Linemen. This was back 40 odd years ago though. Ya really can't do that nowdays. Ya need to go to a school...pay money, and hope for the best when ya get out. If ya got a CDL, you could try to hire on with a contractor, Union or non. That would get your foot in the door and go from there. Non union contractors would hire you right off the street with a CDL. Don't know about union contractors. Good Luck To ya!!

[bren guzzi]

I'd love to tell you my story but I'm at it over 34 years now and if I wrote my life story ...I would have to put it in the fiction section of the library coz no one would believe it . 😁 I'm still climbing ( at 54 ) " I spiked up 16 poles yesterday. ..
To tell you the truth at one stage I actually thought I was in a different country than the one I'm in .. I've worked in so many places and yesterday's terrain looked very similar to the last country I worked in ....I was thinking that if we get finished early I could get the ferry back to Ireland on Friday. But I'm already in Ireland .... a long way from where I live but the same country. FFS
Understandable mistake as I'm the only Irish man in this crew 11 Portuguese, 1 Romanian. And a Scot. No wounder I'm going mental.
Plus the fact I've worked in a lot of different country's over the years.


I need a holiday
😱

[Lineman North Florida]

16 poles in one day for 1 man is a lot, especially if there is much to do, some of the rest of your bunch must not be getting after it.

[Orgnizdlbr]

Bren like LNF says, 16 poles to hump is a lot of work lad, what type of work ya doing on the pole??????

[Rob]

Bren like LNF says, 16 poles to hump is a lot of work lad, what type of work ya doing on the pole??????

they were all 3 phase junction poles !!

[bren guzzi]

Installing fibre optic on poles ... it wasn't the amount of poles I've climbed more in a day ... but the terrain dictated that I had to walk between poles as well ( through ditches and streams ) a part if the job I'm not to worried about....what anoys me is being the oldest in the crew of 14 in which only 4 were climbing WHAT GETS MY GOAT IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME RATE OF PAY. 😱😱😱😱 I'm gonna see about moving on ..... unfortunately it might mean traveling back to the UK ,,

[Orgnizdlbr]

they were all 3 phase junction poles !!

Lmao........!

[rob8210]

Welcome to the new world order , Bren, the young lads watch the older fellas work while they play on their cell phones or talk about nothing. Oh yeah , and not one keeping an eye on you!