Easing the lineworker shortage
Lineworker students Joel Emery, right) from Hoquiam, Wash., and Ryson Patterson, from Astoria, Ore., climb up and down poles on the Rathdrum Prairie recently as part of the 10-week VOLTA program. For this first class, many of the students were recruited from all over the Northwest, but prospective North Idaho students are encouraged to register for future classes.
(Photo courtesy TOM GREENE/North Idaho College)
Lineworker students Joel Emery, right) from Hoquiam, Wash., and Ryson Patterson, from Astoria, Ore., climb up and down poles on the Rathdrum Prairie recently as part of the 10-week VOLTA program. For this first class, many of the students were recruited from all over the Northwest, but prospective North Idaho students are encouraged to register for future classes.
(Photo courtesy TOM GREENE/North Idaho College)
Students learn the basics of lineworking on poles near to the ground first before climbing as high as 100 feet in the air. VOLTA’s lineworker program is offered three times a year.
(Photo courtesy TOM GREENE/North Idaho College)
Devin Hoover, from Astoria, Ore., practices replacing insulators on a 115KV simulated power line during lineworker class outside the NIC Parker Technical Education Center recently.
(Photo courtesy TOM GREENE/North Idaho College)
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