Apprentice Power Line Technicians Clause Samples

Apprentice Power Line Technicians. The guidelines below are to assure the safety of the Trades Trainees and their proper skill development: (a) The guidelines below are intended to assure the safety of the Apprentice and each employee involved in training. The Journeyman to whom the Apprentice is assigned on a particular job shall respect these guidelines. Variance of the guidelines will occur only following serious consideration of the abilities and progress of the Apprentice and appropriate consultation with the journeyman’s supervision, with the sole exception that for reasons of safety the journeyman may restrict what an apprentice is permitted to do, and then afterwards report to the supervisor that an apprentice’s work was restricted due to a safety concern. (b) Under no circumstances shall an Apprentice Power Line Technician be considered as part of the required complement of Journeyman Linemen until he has successfully completed his fifth term of the program. In no circumstances shall the variance of the Guidelines violate BC Hydro, WorkSafeBC, or any other recognized safety regulations that are in force at a specified worksite or location. (c) An Apprentice Lineman shall not be called upon to come into direct contact with high voltage equipment or conductors that are potentially alive, except under the following guidelines and under the direct supervision of a Journeyman Lineman: (i) First Month – no contact. (ii) After one month – less than 750 volts A.C. (iii) After 12 months – single phase live-line work. (iv) After 18 months – all live-line work, excluding bare hand. (v) After 30 months – same restrictions as Journeyman Lineman.