SENIOR LINE WORKER

Code: 07054 Local Competitive

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Examples of work

• Distributes and balances the workload among employees according to established work flow or job specialization.
• Observes the status and progress of the work and makes adjustments according to established priorities.
• Answers questions of other employees regarding procedures, policies, regulations and instructions.
• Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques.
• Answers questions of the supervisor regarding overall work operations and problems.
• Erects poles, towers, and structures.
• Climbs poles and installs electrical equipment.
• Strings wire conductors between poles.
• Pulls underground cable.
• Splices, solders, and insulates conductors and related wiring to join together sections of power line and to connect transformers and electrical accessories.
• Repairs and replaces transmission and distribution power lines between generating stations, substations, and consumers.
• Opens switches or clamps grounding device to energized equipment to deenergize electric lines or accessories.
• Climbs poles or rides in bucket attached to truck-mounted boom to remove broken or defective wires.
• Secures new wires to crossarm insulators and splices wire to adjoining sections of line to complete circuit.
• Transfers wires from defective poles to newly erected poles.
• Installs pole hardware and auxiliary equipment such as crossarms, transformers, lightning arresters, switches, fuses, and insulators.
• Verifies that lines have been repaired by using testing instruments such as voltmeter and ammeter.
• Trims trees when necessary to perform linework.
• Maintains essential records and files.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Experience

Two (2) years of experience in installation and maintenance of power lines, equipment and structures energized at a similar voltage level as operated by the appointing authority.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of standard tools, materials, methods, and practices in the installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical lines and equipment.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions involved in working with electrical lines and equipment.
• Ability to understand, remember, and carry out oral and written directions.
• Ability to care for equipment and materials.
• Ability to observe accepted safety practices in performing the work.
• Ability to make emergency repairs to electrical lines under adverse conditions.
• Ability to maintain essential records and files.
• Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

If the appointing authority solely operates a telecommunications and/or signal system operated at less than 50-volts to ground, then one (2) years of telecommunications experience may be substituted.