Apprentice Lineworker Program Graduate Students

On December 6, 2013, the NEPPA Apprentice Lineworker School graduated a class of 12 line workers. The class has studied the Northwest Lineman College curriculum, which covers 40 topics over 4 years. Each subject is presented by NEPPA Instructor Steve Socoby and an exam is then taken for each topic. A score of 70 is needed to pass the exams and the entire class of apprentice students passed all of their tests. Each week a series of practical exercises related to the classroom work was also presented in the outdoor pole yard and inside the training facility to make the lessons more relevant. These exercises include pole climbing, pole top and bucket rescue, rigging, conductor cover-up, and three phase transformer connections, to name only a few of the skills presented that each line worker may face as they continue their careers. Safety is always presented as the primary consideration for each line worker and is a must while working in the pole yard. Pole top and/or bucket rescue are practiced at almost every class to enable each student to be ready to perform a rescue if the need ever arises. On the last day of class a graduation luncheon was enjoyed by the apprentices and their friends followed by a presentation of Certificates of Completion from Northwest Lineman College and from Northeast Public Power Association.

Graduates include: Trevor Bissonnette, Nathan A. Campaniello, Robert Clancy, Douglas Farrar, Daniel Follis, Brian Herdman, Jeff LeConte, Raymond J. Melvin, Timothy J. Percy, Trever Snyer, Kenneth Sullivan, and David Sylvia.