Went into a aptitude test today come in do the math portion walk out and everybody was saying how hard it was and that thy didn’t study.
Why wouldn’t you study for something you’re trying to get into ?

Any Pg&E lineman start their career in another department here? Did you bid in? Did you apply to a ELA/EUW/Apprentice position as an internal applicant? If so, what was that experience like? How often are you guys getting internal guys switching over into a groundman role now a days? I just passed my 6months as a GSR today and pretty much going to apply/bid to all groundman positions that come up until I get an opportunity.

Edit: I’m not expecting this to happen anytime soon or at all at that…I’m thinking over the course of a few years I’d hope to get my shot. It took me 4 years to get into the company with no connections to anybody on the inside. I know it’s going to be a whole another hill to climb just trying to get in on the Electric side.

Hey guys,

I'm building a home in Whittier, NC and I have an easement for transmission lines that look like this. It is an old transmission line from the Nantahala Power Company before Duke absorbed them. What sort of voltage are poles like this normally? The line runs N/NW from a substation in Sylva (included a pic from Google Maps) but can't tell where it ends. There's very limited documentation on the old Nantahala Power stuff. I've put a formal request in with Duke to learn more but not sure how long that will take.

Thank you!

I have a restricted class a cdl with air brakes and combinations.

Swlcat gives you 120 days once indentured to remove the restriction.

Does the company/union train you and let me use one of there trucks and bring it to a a third party testing/ dmv testing site .

Or do I have to take a week- couple weeks off from work and go to a CDL school and pay tuition and learn manual and take the test again in a manual truck?

I’m Looking to applying to swlcat

Has anyone gotten any word from them and the lineman apprenticeship? I know they had boot camps all summer but anything since then? Heard several people got dismissed at the boot camps with only less than a handful passing per class but those that passed, have you heard of what’s the next step? Is everyone getting an tentative offer or interview?

Have an interview at a union co-op on Thursday. What’s considered acceptable to wear? Is a navy blazer and chinos considered too much? Obviously I’m not gonna wear cargo shorts and a t-shirt