Network Cable Splicer Apprentice Step 1

Definitions Used Throughout the Job Description

Direct Supervision: A Network Cable Splicer – Journeyman observing an employee closely enough at working level to provide immediate feedback in case the employee is about to perform an unsafe act (work practice). The purpose of this close supervision is to ensure proper safety rules, operating procedures, and electrical safety-related work practices are being followed.

General Supervision: A Network Cable Splicer – Journeyman observing an employee from the immediate area of the manhole, vault, or equipment providing the necessary instruction and direction for the tasks being performed.

General Purpose of Work

• Performs, under direct or general supervision, various construction, operation, and maintenance functions in the network systems and distribution systems located in manholes and/or vaults.
• A Network Cable Splicer Apprentice – Step 1 may, under direct supervision of a Network Cable Splicer - Journeyman, work on low-voltage equipment energized to not more than 300 volts, provided they do not come within the minimum approach distance of equipment energized above 300 volts.
• Any work performed by a Network Cable Splicer Apprentice – Step 1 on equipment greater than 300 volts will be performed in a de-energized and grounded zone.

General Duties

The following general duties are those associated with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Company's network systems, substation cabling systems, and URD systems located mainly within the Company's conduit and manhole system.

• Opens manholes, sets up guards and barricades, sets up and starts blowers and portable pumps, and cleans manholes.
• Assists in splicing cable.
• Assists in such work as training or retraining cable and pulling, installing, and removing cable.
• Assists in locating cable faults.
• Assists in phasing cable.
• Assists in installation, operation, maintenance, and removal of any vault equipment such as transformers, protectors, oil switches, switchgear, and other related equipment.
• Assists with routine inspection work and keeping proper records.
• Attaches riggings and slings.
• Operates Company vehicles.
• Operates such tools as cable presses, torches, gas furnaces, manually and electrically operated hand tools, test equipment, air compressors, air tools, blowers, pumps, fans, electric hammers, and hydraulic and associated equipment on vehicles.
• Must be familiar with, and adhere to, the various municipal traffic rules and regulations pertaining to signing and barricading.
• Performs asbestos removal work as required.
• Performs other incidental and related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• One year of experience as a Laborer or a graduate of an accredited Electric Power Distribution program and demonstration of suitable proficiency in that classification is required or other suitable prior experience in the area of high-voltage electrical power systems (greater than 600 volts).
• Must have demonstrated satisfactory aptitude and learning ability for the duties of electric distribution system construction, operation, and maintenance.
• Must be able to obtain and keep a Wisconsin Class A commercial driver's license within the first six months.
• Must have a sturdy physique and the stamina to work outdoors under extreme weather conditions, and must be able to work in crowded and sometimes awkward positions in manholes.
• Must have a temperament and personality to work as a member of a crew or work team.
• Must be reasonably available for overtime and emergency work assignments.
• Must have learned and practiced all safety rules which apply to the work.
• Must be able to obtain a State of Wisconsin Asbestos Supervisor Certification within the first 12 months.

Knowledge and Skills to be Acquired

• Begins to demonstrate a basic knowledge and understanding of the Company's underground electric distribution system circuits.
• Learns the functions and component parts of electric distribution equipment and apparatus.
• Acquires and demonstrates a knowledge of how to make single-phase and three-phase service connections.
• Acquires and demonstrates a knowledge of applicable codes, ordinances, and Company rules which apply.
• Acquires and demonstrates a knowledge of the Company's service area.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and uses all protective safety equipment used in this type of work.
• Must satisfactorily complete all State requirements for Network Cable Splicer – Step 1 including classroom instruction, testing, and on-the-job training.

This position is subject to drug and alcohol testing according to the Federal Department of Transportation regulations.