Electrical Line Tech

Career Focus

Prepared for immediate employment, apprenticeship opportunities, advanced certifications, and further education

Details

Students will attend courses at a training site at K.I. Sawyer near Gwinn, Michigan. Students will receive introductory elevated outdoor work-site field experiences related to electrical power. Graduates are prepared for employment as professional linemen, able to install and repair cables, wires, and structures used in electrical transmission and distribution systems.

What You Will Learn

Students enrolled in the Electrical Line Technician Certificate Program at NMU will learn how to develop a variety of knowledge and skills related to activities of power distribution including:

Workplace safety
Employability practices
Transmission and distribution systems
Pole climbing
Pole setting and framing
Guying
Bucket and digger truck operation
Principles of electricity
Fundamentals of current flow in series, parallel, and compound circuits
Industry safety rules

Job Opportunities

Apprenticeships with electrical contractors
Electrical utilities
Cable TV and telephone installers
Communications tower installation and maintenance companies
Job opportunities are available worldwide

Resources

NMU'S Electrical Line Technician Program

NMU'S Electrical Line Technician Certificate

Quick Facts about this occupation from the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics

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Career Ladder

Michigan and National Employment & Wage Data

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

Career/Technical Education Teachers
Electrical Engineers

Associate's Degree/Long-Term Training/Apprenticeships

Electrical Power-Line Installers
Electricians
Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
Telecommunications Line Installers
Wind Turbine Service Technicians

Certificate or Moderate-Term Training

Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Telecommunications Installers, Except Line

High School Diploma or Equivalent & Short Term Training

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Helpers—Electricians

High School Credit

Students should inquire within their guidance office about high school curriculum requirements that may be satisfied through a college course, as this is determined individually by school district.

College Credit

Students earn direct college credits from NMU at no cost.

Industry Certification

Industry-recognized Certification

Commercial Driver’s License*
Class B CDL

*Credentials are nationally recognized, portable and stackable, which means students have the option of attaining more advanced credentials in the future.

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