Stanly Community College now offers a training program that will provide students the knowledge and climbing skills necessary to enter into the field of power production as an Electrical Lineman. Electrical Lineman installs or makes repairs to electrical power distribution systems. This is a rewarding career that requires dedicated employees who work well as a team and who like to work outdoors.

Electrical power-line installers and repairers typically do the following:

• Drive work vehicles to job sites
• Install, maintain, or repair the power lines that move and distribute electricity
• Identify defective devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, and switches
• Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment
• String power lines between poles, towers, and buildings
• Climb poles and transmission towers and use truck-mounted buckets to get to equipment
• Operate power equipment when installing and repairing poles, towers, and lines
• Follow safety standards and procedures

Course topics include:

• Basic elements of electricity
• Overhead pole and electrical line construction
• Safety codes and applications
• Electric power system, transformer and meter installations
• Exploration of underground electrical distribution

Upon completion, individuals will possess the necessary skills for employment in various electrical utility industries.

There are three components to this program:

1. The electrical lineman training
2. Commercial Driver's License
3. Career Readiness Certificate

The first group will start the electrical lineman training on January 15 and meet Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with an hour for lunch.

This program will meet for 8 weeks, 7 hours a day, and 4 days per week, for a total number of 224 hours. During the 8 week course, Fridays will be used for students to complete the CDL and CRC training.

These two sessions will total 96 hours, 12 hours CDL and 84 hours CRC, some of which will be online and the remainder in the classroom.

The CDL portion of the class will not prepare a student to become a truck driver making long hauls with 18-wheelers. The CDL portion of our training will prepare a student to take the test for a class B CDL. Much of the CDL training is focused on the pre-inspection.

To see current schedule and costs, or to register, please click on the “Register Now” button to the left.

For more information call 704-991-0123.