Electrical Lineworker Certificate
The Electrical Lineworker Certificate is designed to provide students with the knowledge and the skills for initial employment and be able to pursue a long and rewarding career in electric power generation, transmission, and distribution.
- Degree Type: Certificate
- Courses are not available online
- Electrical lineworker is available on the Palestine and Terrell campuses
- ·TSI: not required
This program is not designed to transfer.
Students may enter the electrical lineworker certificate during the fall semester of each year.
| Term One | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| ELPT-1411 | Basic Electrical Theory | 4 |
| LNWK-1311 | Climbing Skills | 3 |
| LNWK-1331 | Transformer Connections | 3 |
| Hours | 10 | |
| Term Two | ||
| LNWK-1301 | Orientation and Line Skill Fundamentals | 3 |
| LNWK-2321 | Live Line Safety | 3 |
| LNWK-2322 | Distribution Line Construction | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 19 | |
What Line Installers and Repairers Do
Line installers and repairers install or repair electrical power systems and telecommunications cables, including fiber optics.
SUMMARY
- 2022 Median Pay $82,340 per year | $39.59 per hour
- Typical Entry-Level Education High school diploma or equivalent
- Work Experience in a Related Occupation None
- On-the-job Training Long-term on-the-job training
- Number of Jobs, 2022 122,400
- Job Outlook, 2022-32 3% (As fast as average)
- Employment Change, 2022-32 3,500
Work Environment
Line workers encounter serious hazards on the job, including working with high-voltage electricity, often at great heights. The work also can be physically demanding. Although most work full-time during regular business hours, some work irregular hours on evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays when needed.
How to Become a Line Installer or Repairer
To become proficient, most line installers and repairers require technical instruction and long-term on-the-job training. Apprenticeships are common.
Pay
The median annual wage for electrical power-line installers and repairers was $78,310 in May 2021.
The median annual wage for telecommunications line installers and repairers was $60,190 in May 2021.
Overall employment of line installers and repairers is projected to grow 6 percent from 2021 to 2031, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
About 23,500 openings for line installers and repairers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as retiring.
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SUGGESTED CITATION:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Line Installers and Repairers, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/line-installers-and-repairers.htm (visited May 28, 2023).
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