Lineman Apprentice. Stocking material and maintaining trucks Operating and driving bucket truck, digger derrick, track machine and backyard machine. Replacing broken poles, bad transformers, troubleshooting, repairing underground and overhead lines and all associated equipment. Replacing and installing streetlights, climbing inaccessible poles with gaffs and belt. Installing new poles, transformers and new customer services. Reconductoring and complete new construction, operating ropes and pulling machines. Participating in Storm restorations and customer outages. Completing AEP mandatory school and training in Ohio.

Work outside in all weather conditions. Read and record customer gas/electric usage. Inspect gas and electric meters for signs of damage, theft, gas leaks, and report findings to proper personnel. Inspect padmount transformers, locate new meters and properly input them into the handheld computer device, drive/walk to 500-1500 customer meters per day in all weather conditions, answer all customer questions, if not able refer them to someone who can, barricade/guard down wires in storm scenarios.

Family Business. I began working at the age of 14 performing odd-jobs and helping my grandfather with maintenance. By 17 I was promoted to manager and took over maintenance. Opened up the store, made bank deposits, book keeping and ran cash registers. As well as ran the forklift unloaded trucks, Made sure the customers were happy and the employees were working as they should. Performed all the maintenance in the store ie; repairing and maintaining coolers and freezers, box crushers, replacing ballasts, and tiling.