LINE DEPARTMENT Clause Samples
LINE DEPARTMENT. (a) A Crew Leader shall not be required to climb or do other Journeyman's work except in cases of emergency, as it would interfere with his properly looking after his work as Crew Leader and the safety of the men in his charge except in cases where the crew comprises not more than five (5) employees (including the Crew Leader) in which case in addition to having charge of the crew he shall perform work.
(b) Troublemen shall be on duty for a period of eight and one-quarter (8¼) consecutive hours and subject to call for three (3) additional hours, the period of duty and call shall be consecutive provided however, that they shall be off for lunch and available one- half (½) hour of the said eight and one-quarter hours. The period of duty and call to be arranged satisfactorily with the department head.
(c) Duties of the Troubleman shall include the restoration of service on lines and apparatus of the company, light and power circuits, telephone line instruments, switchboard communicating systems, lighting apparatus and repairing street lamps, appliances and other apparatus in the workrooms of the Company. In no case shall Troublemen be required to make installation or permanent repairs to inside lighting circuits or fixtures.
(d) A relief Troubleman who substitutes for a regular Troubleman may be selected from a Journeyman in the Line Department and will work at the regular Troubleman's rate of pay.
(e) All line trucks, other than service or trouble trucks which operate primarily as one-man trucks, shall be operated during normal work hours by a Journeyman Lineman or a Groundman Truck Driver, providing these classifications are available. The Company agrees to make all reasonable efforts to re-assign available on duty employees to provide such classifications. In the event there are no Journeyman Lineman or Groundman Truck Drivers available, other classifications in the Line Department may be assigned to perform these duties. When a crew is called out on overtime a Groundman Truck Driver will be a part of that crew, if available. No more than one Groundman Truck Driver will be required per crew.
(f) Control levers of hydraulically driven pole hole digging equipment, hydraulically driven line truck hoisting equipment, and any equipment or compressor used to bury cable or bust concrete shall normally be operated by a Journeyman Lineman. An apprentice lineman may operate said control levers on a training basis only. Digging control levers of mechanically driven p...
LINE DEPARTMENT. The following provision constitute the apprentice program of
(a) During the first six month period of employment in the Line Department, apprentices with no previous experience shall perform groundman's work and may use tools on the ground under supervision of journeyman or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
(b) During the next three month period of employment in the Line Department, apprentices may perform work on lines that are not energized.
(c) During the second nine month period of employment in the Line Department, apprentices may perform work in company with a journeyman on energized secondary circuits of not more than 440 volts.
(d) During the third and fourth nine month periods of employment in the Line Department, apprentices may perform work assisting a journeyman on all classes of work.
(e) An Employee shall not advance to Journeyman until such time as the Employee satisfactorily completes Journeyman training and is certified by the IBEW Cooperative Apprentice School. See * in Article III Employee Classification and Wage Rate Scales should the Union discontinue its Apprentice School program.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, an Employee who does not meet the above qualifications within the given time frame shall return to the position he/she held prior to entering the Line Department.
LINE DEPARTMENT. (a) A Crew Leader shall not be required to climb or do other Journeyman's work except in cases of emergency, as it would interfere with his properly looking after his work as Crew Leader and the safety of the men in his charge except in cases where the crew comprises not more than five
LINE DEPARTMENT. 5.1 Job Classifications -- The following job classifications shall be included within the line department:
5.1.1 Line ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 5.1.2 Lineman 5.1.3 Apprentice Lineman 5.1.4 Line Equipment Operator 5.1.5 Groundman 5.1.6 Lead Lineman 5.1.7 Line Service Technician
LINE DEPARTMENT. The Line Department will undertake the following responsibilities. However these are not applicable in case they choose only the service & resource option (a)