Aerial lineman handles installing, repairing and maintaining overhead utility lines and equipment.
General Accountabilities
Operates boom trucks, truck-mounted buckets, and aerial lifts.
Adheres to safety procedures, such as checking equipment regularly including climbing equipment.
Performs basic maintenance and minor repairs on equipment.
Maintain all equipment both before and after the job.
Load, unload and install poles with proper rigging.
Check and replace all fluids in equipment/vehicles daily.
Fills out daily DVIRS.
Able to operate all tolls related to the industry including hand and power tools of all types.
Assure that all tools and equipment are accounted for and returned to truck at the end of each day.
Recognize and identify utility locates and meaning.
Must be able to read and understand construction prints and specs.
Knows how to properly set up traffic control-set up all road safety signs, cones and barrels before the job starts and assure all are accounted for at the end of every day.
Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
Monitors operations to ensure all health and safety standards are met.
Aligns machines with reference to stakes, markers or guidelines and/or hand signals of other workers.
Loads, unloads, and identifies building materials, machinery, and tools.
Knows how to properly use shoring braces and other temporary structures.
Signal other equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials.
Measures, marks, and records openings and distances where work is located.
Always have something to do (i.e., grease equipment, clean trucks/trailer/tools, etc) when “down time” is necessary.
Assist Foreman in any Daily/Job paperwork as necessary.
Attend all training sessions required by management.
Clean up all jobsites at the end of each day to assure that all trash is removed, and the jobsite looks better than before we started the job.
Trains other employees in proper techniques, quality specs, and all work-related items as needed.
*The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.
Job Qualifications
Education: Associate’s degree or training in a vocational school
Experience: 1-2 years of related experience
Licenses/Certifications: Class A CDL (preferred); OSHA 10; For-Hire Endorsement (required); DOT physical (required)