This is an introduction to the activities and core skill tasks specific to the Red Seal requirements of the Lines Trade. During this training session, the student will be introduced to various outdoor performance-based activities under de-energized conditions where the student is assessed on his/her abilities. Outdoor activities will include RBD Operation, Setting Poles, Pole Line Construction, Pole Top Rescue, Bucket Rescue and Evacuation, Tower Climb and Rescue, meter Base Connections, Secondary Underground Cable Splice and Temporary Support of Poles.
This program trains to 100% of the Ontario College of Trades interprovincial curriculum. Apprentices are introduced to all aspects of the line trade, from underground trenches and transformers to transmission tower techniques.
The knowledge based components will include all theoretical applications of the above tasks, Utility Work Protection Code, Introduction to Electrical Theory, Series and Parallel Circuits, Introduction to Rigging Techniques, Contractor Weights and Tensions, Equipotential Grounding and Bonding.