www.cvtc.edu/lineworkers
April 19-21, 2016
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2016
HOTLINE
SCHOOL
Chippewa Valley
Technical College
West Campus
4000 Campus Way
Eau Claire, WI 54703
hotline school
This three-day, hands-on school combines classroom presentations and working field applications covering all aspects of
hotline operations and safety procedures for the electric utility lineworker. This seminar is for all lineworkers regardless of their
years of experience and equipment, from 5KV, 12KV to 25KV electric systems.
agenda
Tuesday, April 19
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. ............ Registration - Energy Education Center Commons
8:30 - 10:30 a.m. .......... Arc Flash Safety with Bulwark Safety: Receive a 6 calorie arc flash rated shirt; review of arch flash
clothing and updated OSHA regulations.
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. ........ Incident Command System/ Emergency Management System, Kim Nessel - Retired Battalion Fire
Chief/CVTC Fire Instructor
11:30 - 12:30 p.m.. ....... Lunch
12:30 - 2:30 p.m. .......... Car vs. pole: Live scenario involving CVTC student police, EMS and fire units.
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. ............ Break
2:45 - 3:15 p.m. ............ De-briefing/Synopsis of Incident Command Systerm/Emergency Management System
3:15 - 4:45 p.m. ............ Hands-on Field Training
Refer to the “Job Site Stations” on the following page.
Our line crews will demonstrate the process and procedures, the utility, needs to make before anyone approaches
such an accident. This demonstration will remind your employee(s) to what needs to be done, to keep ourselves safe,
while lives are in jeopardy. An Incident Command System / Emergency Management System lecture will be given
before the hands-on is demonstrated by a retired Battalion Fire Chief / CVTC Fire Instructor. It will be a very lifeencountering accident scene! All radio communications will be heard by the large group session. Interested in doing
an article for your monthly utility newsletter? Plan to attend this session to get ideas, pictures, and give some safety
reminders.
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Wednesday, April 20
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ......... Hands-on Field Training
Refer to the “Job-Site Stations” on the following page.
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. ............ Tool Show at the Plaza Hotel
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Thursday, April 21
8:00 - 8:45 a.m. ............ Digger-Derrick and Aerial Unit Operator training session
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. ............ Break-Safe Demonstration
10:00-10:45 a.m. .......... Outages and Generators- what to look out for!
11:15 a.m. .................... Adjourn
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Important Information:
• Participants are responsible for bringing their own high voltage rubber gloves, rubber sleeves, safety glasses, hard hats, body harnesses,
personal tools, and pole-climbing equipment/hand protection.
• All stations will be conducted with an emphasis on safety, job briefings, and safe rubber-gloving job procedures. A rotation every two
hours will give the student a variety of different jobs during this three-day seminar.
• Hotel Accommodations: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Plaza Hotel and Suites. Be sure to ask for the linemen rate.
Plaza Hotel & Suites - A special rate of $59.99 per night, single or double rooms
1202 West Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 715-834-3181
• CVTC reserves the right to cancel any offering five business days prior to the offering.
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Register by April 15, 2016!
Need More Information?
> Register and pay online: www.cvtc.edu/lineworkers
> Visit www.cvtc.edu/lineworkers
> $325 per person (registration includes lunch and breaks)
> Contact Randy Larson at 715-855-7542 or
> Payment is due at the time of registration; VISA, MasterCard,
and Discover accepted
rlarson@cvtc.edu
register online: www.cvtc.edu/lineworkers
Job Site Stations:
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Pole change-out/transformer with a mini-derrick lift
The station will start with a job briefing with assigned crew members, from a variety of different utilities, which will
discuss different procedures of how to change this overhead transformer using a “back-yard unit”. This station will give
your employee the chance to use a device which is compact enough to be accessible into tight areas which a diggerderrick and/or bucket truck is unable to access. Proper set-up procedures will be emphasized along with the proper use
of personal protective equipment.
Three-phase tangent pole change-out and not tipping pole
This station has been a request from past schools. This station will discuss procedures with the crew of the change-out.
The crew will devise a safe way(s) to change this pole out without the option of tipping the pole and phases out of the way
with the new pole. Clearances will be observed closely as discussing minimum approach distances. The crews have the
chance to be equipped with a three phase insulated “Christmas Tree.”
Pole change out…..Picking, setting and pulling a pole with an EZ Spot UR
The EZ SPOT UR is a HEAVY DUTY POLE SETTER which is designed to handle utility poles up to 45 feet long using a skid
steer. With the Pole Setter, the operator can pick up a pole on the ground, or on a trailer, and rotate up to the vertical by
the use of a skid-steer. This job will give your employee the opportunity to use this new piece of equipment while setting
the pole in a simulated high voltage line.
Proper procedures using a hydraulic pole puller-Digger Derricks are not designed to pull poles!
Digger derrick companies have commented about the procedures of pulling poles as it stresses the ring gear, rotation motor
and other mounting devices. They recommend using a pole puller before putting undue stress on your digger derrick as it
pulls poles. At this station, your employee will be able to set-up and operate a hydraulic pole puller. The demonstration will
show your employee how valuable a pole puller is and how it will extend wear and tear on your company’s digger-derrick
unit.
How can Buckingham’s Ox Block make work easier for you?
The Ox Block™ replaces standard handline blocks & various snatch blocks and has a greater Working Load Limit than other
blocks of similar size. It’s a rope snatch block with an integrated friction bar that can be used to:
• Rescue It – Rated for two person rescue
• Lower It – control heavy loads with the friction bar
• Raise It – with or without pulleys
• Snub It – tie off load with the friction bar
Weigh Station for Aerial Buckets
How much are you putting in your bucket? We put so much material in our aerial units daily and may never think how
much we could be overloading our unit’s rating. This station will have a one or a two man bucket liner placed on a weight
cell and the instructor will lecture on overloads and demonstrate placing line material, with a lineman, in the bucket and
weights will be checked….you may be surprised how much everything weighs!
Tree leaning/laying on a three-phase line
A hands-on station demonstrating the required steps to cut/remove a tree off of a primary line, Safety procedures of
grounding and testing procedures along with the safe operation of a chainsaw will be stressed. PPE of chainsaw chaps
and hearing protection will be required/furnished. If you have the equipment available to bring, please bring your
company’s wood cutting PPE along.
Convert A-1 to an A-6 and A-6 to A-1 (Convert and single phase tangent pole to a double dead-end
and back to the tangent pole) and Changing Out a Voltage Regulator.
Procedures will be reviewed and clearance requirements will be strictly adhered to. These stations will be excellent
reminders, as we may have become a bit slack in our procedures of rubber gloving and voltage regulators. We will remind
the rubber gloving crews the safety they need to adhere to so they can stay safer while they preform hot line procedures in
the field, back at your utility.
Stations may change due to unforeseen circumstances, availability of instructors, equipment, and weather.
Chippewa Valley Technical College is an equal opportunity/access employer and educator.
For more information, please visit www.cvtc.edu/eeo.
April 19-21, 2016
.............................
2016
HOTLINE
SCHOOL
Hands-on school combines classroom
presentations and working field
applications, covering all aspects of
hotline operations and safety procedures
for the electric utility lineworker.
2016
HOTLINE
SCHOOL
.............................
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