Thursday, May 23, 2013

Lineworker Training

Mesa Hotline School

Each year, the first two weeks of May witness a migration to Grand Junction, Colorado, of some of the finest power lineman and experts in their field. Converging from some seventeen different states, participants learn new skills and sharpen old ones in order to increase safety and proficiency.

The Mesa Hotline School was formed in 1966 to train rural electric cooperative employees in the art of live line maintenance. Formally incorporated in 1975, the Hotline School now trains over five hundred utility employees from new apprentice  to journeymen linemen.

School Dates:
Week 1: May 6-9, 2013
Week 2: May 13-16, 2013

Location: Grand Junction, Colorado





For additional information or to register for
the Mesa Hotline School:

www.mesahotlineschool.com



 

Trinidad State Junior College

Rocky Mountain Lineman School


Electric Line Technician Program

In cooperation with Pikes Peak Community College and the Colorado Springs Utilities Department, the Rocky Mountain Lineman School serves the El Paso County Region.  The program offers both certificate and associate degree options. Students learn basic skills in electricity and applied calculations, power theory and high voltage apparatus, safety and industry, underground and overhead procedures. This program prepares students to work for power line construction and utility companies.

Contact: Dave King @ 719-491-3469, kingd@trinidadstate.edu
Location: Main Campus: 600 Prospect, Trinidad, Colorado 81082

Valley Campus :1011 Main Street, Alamosa, Colorado 81101

http://www.trinidadstate.edu/index.php/rmls


Western Colorado Community College

Electric Lineworker Program

Students learn baski skills in electricity, line work installation, repair, cable splicing, and system testing, as well as transformer connections, underground electric installation and  and effective operation of digger derricks. Electric lineworkers  install and repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution systems.   They locate line trouble, climb poles, use hot line tools, and operate and maintain  substations. This program prepares students to work for power line construction  and utility companies.

All students are required to obtain a Red Cross First Aid card and a CPR card  before a certification is issued.  

Contact: Pat Rourke @ 970-640-2562

Location: 2508 Blichmann Avenue, Grand Junction, Colorado 81505

 http://www.coloradomesa.edu/wccc/lineworker.html

Mesa Hotline School Burn Fund

The Mesa Hotline School has set up a burn fund to assist families who have had a loved one receive a serious burn from an electrical contact or fire.

Donations can be sent to:

The Mesa Hotline School Burn Fund

Mesa Hotline School Board of Directors

David Churchwell (President), Highline Electric
John Cromer (Vice President),
Cromer Contracting Co.
Bill Cochell (Secretary/Treasurer), Southeast Colorado Power Association
Wendell Goad (Asst. Secretary/Treasurer),
Holy Cross Energy
Dan Archibeque,
Empire Electric
Rueben DeLeon, City of La Junta
Rod Dunker,
Y-W Electric
Roger Grogg,
Gunnison County Electric
Kenneth Haas,
High West Energy
Claud Hugley,
Mountain View Electric
A
lan Katz ,
City of Colorado Springs
Stan Kuriyama,
Mountain Parks Electric
Paul Norris, K.C. Electric Association, Inc.
Frank Sampson, White River Electric Assn.

 

 

 

 



 

 



 

 



 

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