Training & Events

PRE-APPRENTICE ASSESSMENT

The TVPPA Pre-Apprentice Assessment workshop is a 5.5 day class designed to help determine whether an employee or potential employee is suited for the demanding role of lineworker apprentice. Candidates are assessed on their ability to learn the various aspects of linework, especially climbing. Individual sessions focus on the hazards of electricity, grounding and rigging.

Participants stay physically and mentally challenged for the duration of the course and are placed “on call” at night. In addition to classroom discussion and hands-on exercises, students are assigned homework and tested extensively.

 Safety
 PPE and tool inspection
 Climbing – including fall restraint instruction, hitch hiking, changing positions, circling the pole
°Students climb 40 and up to 90 foot poles
 Positioning (while climbing)
 Pole top rescue
 Rigging
 Hand-lines
 Knot tying
 Work site safety inspection
 Fitting and care of climbing tools and inspection
 Pole inspection and worksite hazards
 Pole top rescue at 10’ level
 Climbing techniques
 Hand line use and makeup for storage
 Rigging to include hang single cross arm at the 10’ level
 Installing Line Conductors