Common use of Linemen and Substation Clause in Contracts

Linemen and Substation. Electrician apprentices who have less than eighteen (18) months of experience shall not be allowed to work on live lines or equipment over 440 volts, but such apprentices having eighteen (18) months or more of experience may work on live lines or equipment over 440 volts providing they are assisting a Journeyman Lineman or Electrician in performing such work. A. A Lineman, Substation Electrician, Gas, Telecommunications Technician, Metering or Relay Apprentice who is absent from regular work in excess of one hundred sixty (160) hours during any apprenticeship progression wage rate set forth in Section 4.01, of this Agreement, excluding vacation time and a maximum of eighty (80) hours of short leaves of absence of sixteen (16) consecutive scheduled working hours or less, shall not advance to the next higher wage rate step until he has subsequently worked additional regular working hours equal to the excess over one hundred sixty (160). Postponement of advancement to the next higher wage rate step due to such absence shall not reduce the succeeding apprenticeship step.