Line Installer Resume Template
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Robert Nelson
Journeyman Lineman · Distribution & Storm Restoration
Dallas, TX
(214) 555-4084
robert.nelson@email.com
linkedin.com/in/robertnelson
Line Skills
Overhead distribution
Energized work (rubber glove)
Underground cable splicing
Storm restoration
Pole setting & framing
Transformer installation
Crew leadership
Equipment
Altec Bucket TruckDigger DerrickHot SticksCable Fault ThumperMicroStation
Training
Electrical Lineworker Certificate
2013
Northwest Lineman College
Profile
Journeyman lineman with 12 years building and maintaining overhead and underground distribution in North Texas. Leads a 4-person crew and has worked 30+ storm restorations across Texas and the Gulf Coast.
Line Experience
Lead Lineworker
2021 – Present
North Texas Electric Cooperative, Dallas, TX
- Lead a 4-person crew building and repairing 12.47 kV and 25 kV overhead distribution lines.
- Set poles, frame crossarms and hang transformers, reclosers and capacitor banks from bucket trucks.
- Hot-stick and rubber-glove energized conductors under OSHA 1910.269 and cooperative rules.
- Worked 30+ storm restorations, including 21 days rebuilding feeders after a Gulf hurricane.
- Run tailboards before every job, keeping the crew at zero recordables for 4 years.
Journeyman Lineman
2016 – 2021
Trinity Power & Light, Garland, TX
- Installed and spliced underground primary cable and pad-mount transformers in new subdivisions.
- Located and repaired faults on URD loops using a thumper and fault indicators.
- Restored outages as first responder on nights and weekends, often 30+ calls a month.
- Drove bucket and digger derrick trucks on a Class A CDL and followed OSHA 1910.269 on every job.
Line Installer Apprentice
2013 – 2016
Trinity Power & Light, Garland, TX
- Climbed poles, framed structures and pulled conductor through a 7,000-hour apprenticeship.
- Rigged loads, operated the digger derrick and grounded lines under journeyman supervision.
Licenses & Certifications
Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Class A
Texas Department of Public Safety
Journeyman Lineman, Registered Apprenticeship
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship
First Aid/CPR/AED
American Red Cross
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Licenses and certifications
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL) State motor vehicle agency Optional, valued by employers
Sources: www.bls.gov
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Skills to list
- Overhead and underground line installation
- Pole climbing and bucket truck operation
- Transformer installation
- High-voltage safety procedures
- Storm restoration work
- Rigging and hoisting
- Meter installation
- Blueprint and schematic reading
Software and tools
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Bentley MicroStation
- Zoom
- Geographic information system GIS systems
- Email software
- Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
- Global positioning system GPS software
Duties to describe on a line installer resume
- Adhered to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas.
- Drove vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites.
- Opened switches or attached grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs.
- Climbed poles or used truck-mounted buckets to access equipment.
- Inspected and tested power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments.
- Coordinated work assignment preparation and completion with other workers.
Titles along the way
- Line Installer Apprentice
- Electrical Line Installer
- Lead Lineworker
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