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Today’s Power Line Technicians Go to College

Record #:
31064
Abstract:
Nash Community College, located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, offers the only comprehensive lineman training program in the state. The electric lineman technology program consists of classroom instruction, hands-on line construction training, electrical theory, basic math and communication skills, power generation, transmission and distribution concepts, and climbing electric poles. Upon completion of the program, the student is qualified for employment as an entry-level line technician.
Source:
Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 38 Issue 8, Aug 2006, p10, por