For any of my guys going through NLC some words of wisdom from an alumni, GET YOUR CLASS A CDL BEFORE YOU GRADUATE (air brakes and combination) trust me on this guys, getting into power is extremely difficult without it, best of luck to you lads! Work safe out there
@@Raptormeatx i went to a local trucking school in town which cost 3k but california oroville campus should have it as an elective now. Help u get your cdl
@@erikrobles5727 i think theres a new law on feb 4th or 7th 2022 that you need certain cdl class time to take driving test for california that is. Idk about other states. Might have another way but this is what im up to date on
Yes Its all controlled by the federal gov now. The schools have to teach federally approved classes and they have to apply and be granted permission to teach the classes.
As an old ironworker, I've always had a lot of respect for linemen. Its funny, when you're good at something, it looks easy to people that aren't familiar with it. Like you guys going up a pole, we climbed columns. It never occurs to some that not only do you have to be able to climb, you have to carry 50 pounds or more of tools with you, and be capable of using those tools when you get up there. Cool video..thanks.
Hello,just come across this,I was a linesman with northern Ireland electricity for 43 years,I loved the job,at the start I thought I would never last,but I did,watching this brings back a lot of good memories, I worked in a 10 man squad,all pole holes were hand dug,and pulled up with a tractor,know mewps then,I miss it ,I'm now 70,bye
Just went through NLC California august semester 2023. Kris was one of the best instructors there! Both in the field and in the classroom. Ivan is also badass 😎
I’m about 23 years into my machinist career, but electrical work has always fascinated me and I love doing my own residential work. At times I get a little jealous of this trade because watching stuff like this is awesome. Great job guys. Learning is life-long! 👍🏻 👍🏻 👊🏻
Thank you sir, slowly but surely building experience and learning everything I can from the older folks, I am trying to retire as a lineman also. Thanks for stopping by the channel!
I used to climb poles for a living in West Texas. I spent lunch upon a pole and ate my sandwich just to keep from coming down and have to go back up while sagging in lines we were pulling up. Working through lunch helped us get things done in time to make it home just before a storm rolled through only to go right back out and do it all over again. Only I didn’t have a smart belt like he’s displaying in this video I had an old Telephone lineman’s belt. Not safe or comfortable. I had to wrap tape around it to make it stick to the pole the way you needed it to, to be able to control it. And all while these Black Creosote soaked poles were bleeding all over you, burning like fire on your wrists, arms and face! A Buddy of mine still has a big scar on his Temple due to the Creosote drop he refused to wipe off until after we broke for lunch on our first day on the job, grounding a load of new poles. That was in the Good Ol’ Days that weren't always Good as Billy Joel once said! Looks like somebody built a great belt, since then and got rid of the Creosote soaked poles. Nice! Good job Buddy.
I used hear “give two hands to the company” all the time!! Work safe guys and know I respect you guys way more than I respect fire, elms or police you guys are working everyday with stuff that will KILL YOU many times a day! Thank you for all you do to keep the power flowing into our homes!
I washed-out of pole-climbing school, back in 1980 when I was an apprentice for HL&P. Back then, we couldn't buckle-off until we reached the top! The instructor told me that I never looked comfortable up on a 80 ft. pole. It's not for everybody, for sure.
Step 1: don't bring all your gear Step 2: wait for colleague to search entire truck Step 3: realize you've got all your gear and start working Step 4: don't tell colleague to stop looking
I would love to take this class. As a window cleaner I got to do a lot of fun shit. Adding this to my list of fun shit would be awesome. Mad Respect To Yinz 💪💪
So good to have the buck squeeze now days way more safe than my day with free climbing and hitch hiking. A big lean out was nerve racking then if you could not go over a strand. Nice to learn on a brown pole but they need to experience that rock hard green pole to just to get the feel.
@@digibyteorjustnibble9486 I had a similar issue the second time I climbed at my trade school I climbed about 20ft up the pole and I hadn't tightened my ez squeeze and I dropped 10 feet down the pole before it caught lucky it didn't slip the full way
My dad who would now be 92 if he was alive worked for a power company in Ontario Canada from 1970 to 2005 he told me linemen were the best arm wrestlers and from this video I can see why . I don't think theses guys will need to hit the gym after work. Total respect.
I used to be a line apprentice for local 456 in New Brunswick, NJ. I never had anything out that far, but it’s actually pretty cool when you get stuff like that.
As a former certified tree worker in utility line clearing this position was an everyday occurrence, pay attention to your body and equipment it's your livelyhood. Good luck and be safe.
I’m running through the winter term in Idaho , my instructor is not letting us do it this way , he wants us to kick our bent leg across the pole and twist til our locked leg toes are pointing to the ground . It’s a little harder to do but a more comfortable position when working
These guys will never know what it's like to free climb. Or burn a pole. But, they'll have a career for a longer life span than us old school climbers. I'm not a fan of the squeeze either, but shit changes for the better sometimes. Hope your not giving the new generation too much shit. It is what it is....
Thats cool ! Just keep in mind two types of linemen. Those that have had a pole burn down and those that haven't yet! Concentration on the job at hand! Its dangerous on those poles after or during storms! God bless you for the job you all do ! Stay safe 🙏 !
This wonderful video really highlights the stupidity of the companies who won't allow their employees to use the Buckingham super-squeeze, and forces them to stay with the Buckingham Ez-squeeze. The ropes are clearly superior to lanyards.
@@jawneesofresh It's a supersqueeze. Bucksqueeze is the original from 2008. Ez-squeeze is the second generation. The latest one, shown in this video, is the supersqueeze.
When leaning out, spin in your belt around your hip... Always try to have super squeeze in triangle shape to prevent pendiluim swinging. When good a confident, should be able to spin all the way around one eighty on the pole... It's possible
If your tighten belt, you can practically stand straight out, to reach out farther... Another trick use lanyard off arm for stability... Williams, James recommend Local 94 IBEW
Also when climbing keep belt loop around pole looser, old school straight belt didn't get caught up around pole... Longer belt helps with ease around chafing pole... Another trick screw driver in pole for lanyard transition from belt to belt, safety...
He's also a teamster local 177... Troubleshooter, cheiflineman retired, meter,relay, maintenance, underground, worked with dispatcher, traveling operates, job foreman, look up inspections... lineman jobs?
Bro are you Laos? I came across this video looking up tips on how to climb and clicked on your profile and saw Laos words on one of your old videos 😂 I’m 24 and currently in the fiber optic business doing aerial work I’ve never climbed before, I’m a bucket baby, & we have a new contract coming up in VA where we’re not going to be able to bring our bucket trucks and will be having to climb poles to run fiber. Do you like climbing? Is it hard?
I've never done this kind of work so I have a general question why not just have two separate primaries so when you get to an obstacle you just attach the one going over the obstacle then you can simply just undo the first one and keep going up there would be no need to take off the first primary then reinstall the first primary again if that makes any sense. Like taking off the primary just to reinstall the primary seems like a waste of energy...?
The secondary is just a rope to catch you on the obsitical below you can climb with it but the fall is not gonna be so pretty your primary chokes the pole so you won't fall at all also there is certain safety guidelines you have to follow and you can only go so high above a obsitical with a secondary
How many guys have blown their knees out doing that lean out & have slipped & then their gaffs caught , just looking at this it looks to me that your knees would not last long doing this lean out repetitively.
Dont need experience you will learn there just got to believe and push yourself. There are 19yr old guys that go there when I was attending there. its a fun experience you should try it and great career path.
@@jawneesofresh That's bad ass! My fear of heights and sweaty palms just from watching the video alone would prevent me from doing so. Much respect my man.
@@choke666 heck yeah brother, we all had height fears but when we kept practicing and started to trust in your equipment, the fear just slowly goes away and you get more comfortable!
Sooooo much opportunity in this country if you want to work hard and develop a little passion. Work hard when you are young then you can relax a bit when you hit your 40s.
I’d be impressed if he can do that at 45’ up at that height I can do that and I only climb a few times but once the pole starts swinging and you don’t know history of pole how hollow it is your mind set changes . Show is worst case scenario not ideal ones
I already graduated but every instructor has different dutys with hella experience, there is climbing, underground, transmission, digger derreck truck, transformer and more. Gotta face your fears but it is super fun after your comfortable.
I’ve been looking for lineman programs around me because college is getting a little boring. I like to rock climb and want a hands on job so I thought being a lineman would be a cool job. Would you recommend becoming one if I have no technical knowledge about this job? Will I learn everything in the program?
If you want technical and to work with your hands, be an "inside" wireman. Don't do residential, that's easy and practically learned in two weeks even though the apprenticeship is 3 years. The inside wireman apprenticeship is 5 years union, 4 years non-union. Lineman WORK and not always at home, and they're usually on call. Inside wireman get their 40 hour work week and go home at the end of the day, and there's a good mental challenge. Lineman usually make more money than Inside wireman, but that extra money comes at a cost. And don't believe a lineman when they say you wouldn't have a job without them. While it's half true, it goes the other way too. Otherwise we'd just have a bunch of stump jumpers climbing trees instead of running their lines... Just kidding, nothing but respect to linemen. They do what most won't.
As soon as you leave school and enter the workforce,please do not walk up the pole in the same manner as the teacher. I am a lineman and that is a very big nooooo
For any of my guys going through NLC some words of wisdom from an alumni, GET YOUR CLASS A CDL BEFORE YOU GRADUATE (air brakes and combination) trust me on this guys, getting into power is extremely difficult without it, best of luck to you lads! Work safe out there
Did you go to CDL school? I’m looking for a good school currently
@@Raptormeatx i went to a local trucking school in town which cost 3k but california oroville campus should have it as an elective now. Help u get your cdl
Can’t you buy the books on line then just pay to take the test
@@erikrobles5727 i think theres a new law on feb 4th or 7th 2022 that you need certain cdl class time to take driving test for california that is. Idk about other states. Might have another way but this is what im up to date on
Yes Its all controlled by the federal gov now. The schools have to teach federally approved classes and they have to apply and be granted permission to teach the classes.
This guy's communication to the crew is excellent 👏
Facts!
As an old ironworker, I've always had a lot of respect for linemen. Its funny, when you're good at something, it looks easy to people that aren't familiar with it. Like you guys going up a pole, we climbed columns. It never occurs to some that not only do you have to be able to climb, you have to carry 50 pounds or more of tools with you, and be capable of using those tools when you get up there. Cool video..thanks.
Was a tower monkey, 20 pound Deadman bag, and also hauling up 200 feet of 2 1/2 to 3 inch rope.
Hello,just come across this,I was a linesman with northern Ireland electricity for 43 years,I loved the job,at the start I thought I would never last,but I did,watching this brings back a lot of good memories, I worked in a 10 man squad,all pole holes were hand dug,and pulled up with a tractor,know mewps then,I miss it ,I'm now 70,bye
Thanks for sharing, and thank you for your service that nobody recongize 🙏
Are you related to Alan Hall by any chance, Leslie? I started working as linesman in Northern Ireland a year ago
Just went through NLC California august semester 2023. Kris was one of the best instructors there! Both in the field and in the classroom. Ivan is also badass 😎
Kris is a great instructor! He was just starting out the month I graduated, and taught me a lot in a short amount of time!
Heck yeah he is! I think he was the main key to success!
I like the fact that the instructor articulates well. Good job and much respect to everyone! Be safe and think ahead!
I’m about 23 years into my machinist career, but electrical work has always fascinated me and I love doing my own residential work. At times I get a little jealous of this trade because watching stuff like this is awesome. Great job guys. Learning is life-long! 👍🏻 👍🏻 👊🏻
That guy seems like a really good teacher.
Good luck in your career, brother. I’m retired now but there is nothing like the feeling of climbing and getting your work done!
Thank you sir, slowly but surely building experience and learning everything I can from the older folks, I am trying to retire as a lineman also. Thanks for stopping by the channel!
I used to climb poles for a living in West Texas. I spent lunch upon a pole and ate my sandwich just to keep from coming down and have to go back up while sagging in lines we were pulling up. Working through lunch helped us get things done in time to make it home just before a storm rolled through only to go right back out and do it all over again. Only I didn’t have a smart belt like he’s displaying in this video I had an old Telephone lineman’s belt. Not safe or comfortable. I had to wrap tape around it to make it stick to the pole the way you needed it to, to be able to control it. And all while these Black Creosote soaked poles were bleeding all over you, burning like fire on your wrists, arms and face! A Buddy of mine still has a big scar on his Temple due to the Creosote drop he refused to wipe off until after we broke for lunch on our first day on the job, grounding a load of new poles. That was in the Good Ol’ Days that weren't always Good as Billy Joel once said! Looks like somebody built a great belt, since then and got rid of the Creosote soaked poles. Nice! Good job Buddy.
Gnarly stuff
Man. You brought back memories.
My back still hurts and it’s been 20 years
Its our turn in west texas, working right here in midland, monohans pyote
My grandpa worked on telephone poles in western Oklahoma back in the late 50s-early 60s. Sounded like it really sucked in the winter weather!!
Love you Kris
One of the best instructors at NLC
excellent video. I wish it was as easy as you made it look. I was never able to master the art. Thankfull for the bucket truck and a small town.
I'm a tree climber and had to laugh when he said looks simple right....LMAO
Me too, now put your under cut in, tie your knot, make the cut, wait there tell the rooe gets back for the next one
I used hear “give two hands to the company” all the time!! Work safe guys and know I respect you guys way more than I respect fire, elms or police you guys are working everyday with stuff that will KILL YOU many times a day! Thank you for all you do to keep the power flowing into our homes!
I'm enjoy to watch your video, 😊❤️👌
I am a meralco lineman trainee here in the Philippines🇵🇭. And proud to be a lineman
Keep safe❤️🙏
I washed-out of pole-climbing school, back in 1980 when I was an apprentice for HL&P. Back then, we couldn't buckle-off until we reached the top! The instructor told me that I never looked comfortable up on a 80 ft. pole. It's not for everybody, for sure.
That's insane.
As a current third step apprentice, I wouldn't have gotten here if free climbing was not only allowed BUT ENFORCED
just tell em it looks cool LOL that nervous laugh from everyone is great
Wow. Made it easy. I'm a climbing arborist, I had to teach myself that move. Wish I had an instructor like that.
He seems like a real caring instructor
Step 1: don't bring all your gear
Step 2: wait for colleague to search entire truck
Step 3: realize you've got all your gear and start working
Step 4: don't tell colleague to stop looking
😂😂😂
I would love to take this class. As a window cleaner I got to do a lot of fun shit. Adding this to my list of fun shit would be awesome. Mad Respect To Yinz 💪💪
Yessir I had lots of fun at here would do it again if I could. Just great group of people to experience it with.
Thank all you studs for keeping the power on!
So good to have the buck squeeze now days way more safe than my day with free climbing and hitch hiking. A big lean out was nerve racking then if you could not go over a strand. Nice to learn on a brown pole but they need to experience that rock hard green pole to just to get the feel.
True we got that hard pole on the H structure. Where we gotta be a man and stick her in 😂
The buck squeeze is not foolproof, I fell 18 ft with the buck squeeze on in Charleston West Virginia luckily I landed on my feet
@@digibyteorjustnibble9486 I had a similar issue the second time I climbed at my trade school I climbed about 20ft up the pole and I hadn't tightened my ez squeeze and I dropped 10 feet down the pole before it caught lucky it didn't slip the full way
Great instructor man, don't know the guy but his manner of instruction is great.
My dad who would now be 92 if he was alive worked for a power company in Ontario Canada from 1970 to 2005 he told me linemen were the best arm wrestlers and from this video I can see why . I don't think theses guys will need to hit the gym after work. Total respect.
I used to be a line apprentice for local 456 in New Brunswick, NJ. I never had anything out that far, but it’s actually pretty cool when you get stuff like that.
I love gaffing! Excellent demonstration!
Thanks for posting as the guy on the other end of a crane set its interesting to see what you guys go through.
Local 12 SoCal baby!
Thanks for sharing!
kris is the man!! i was at the term when he first started last summer. nice evo btw !
Heck yeah he is and thank you brother. Hes one bad ass instructor!
As a former certified tree worker in utility line clearing this position was an everyday occurrence, pay attention to your body and equipment it's your livelyhood. Good luck and be safe.
Thank u sir
Seems like a great instructor.
Kris is an awesome instructor.
Did one of these during a climbing assesment for a new job and got called a cowboy. 😂
lol get it cowboy
I’m running through the winter term in Idaho , my instructor is not letting us do it this way , he wants us to kick our bent leg across the pole and twist til our locked leg toes are pointing to the ground . It’s a little harder to do but a more comfortable position when working
This is what men do. Work to build the world and make it a better place. At least I’m America. Respect to all linemen, nationwide.
Twenty year retired lineman here. Glad I never had to do any of that double safety/hitchhike nonsense.
These guys will never know what it's like to free climb. Or burn a pole. But, they'll have a career for a longer life span than us old school climbers. I'm not a fan of the squeeze either, but shit changes for the better sometimes. Hope your not giving the new generation too much shit. It is what it is....
Never did something like this but damn that looks so cool to Learn
Thats how you end up with a bad shoulder by time you're 55.
Thats cool ! Just keep in mind two types of linemen. Those that have had a pole burn down and those that haven't yet! Concentration on the job at hand! Its dangerous on those poles after or during storms! God bless you for the job you all do ! Stay safe 🙏 !
Starting in December at Orville. You seem like a great instructor hopefully it’s the same over there! I’m sure it is though
It's incredible that you were able to zoom in that close from that boat that was rocking wherever it was.
This wonderful video really highlights the stupidity of the companies who won't allow their employees to use the Buckingham super-squeeze, and forces them to stay with the Buckingham Ez-squeeze. The ropes are clearly superior to lanyards.
Facts well said. I trust in my bucksqueeze. 100% on my life.
@@jawneesofresh It's a supersqueeze. Bucksqueeze is the original from 2008. Ez-squeeze is the second generation. The latest one, shown in this video, is the supersqueeze.
I’ve seen girls doing that in a thong with no gear…
Chris was an awesome instructor
Respect ✊🏽❤️🤌🫶
When leaning out, spin in your belt around your hip...
Always try to have super squeeze in triangle shape to prevent pendiluim swinging.
When good a confident, should be able to spin all the way around one eighty on the pole... It's possible
In your belt while gaffed in
Like superman
If your tighten belt, you can practically stand straight out, to reach out farther... Another trick use lanyard off arm for stability...
Williams, James recommend
Local 94 IBEW
Also when climbing keep belt loop around pole looser, old school straight belt didn't get caught up around pole... Longer belt helps with ease around chafing pole...
Another trick screw driver in pole for lanyard transition from belt to belt, safety...
Be safe, be well...
He's available for adjuct assistant instructor
He's also a teamster local 177...
Troubleshooter, cheiflineman retired, meter,relay, maintenance, underground, worked with dispatcher, traveling operates, job foreman, look up inspections... lineman jobs?
Great instructing!
I would want to try it but my belt can't stretch to that limit
I"ve been well over 150' in Douglas Fir & Sitka Spruce to top them, but climing 40' telephone poles scares me more.
Bro are you Laos? I came across this video looking up tips on how to climb and clicked on your profile and saw Laos words on one of your old videos 😂 I’m 24 and currently in the fiber optic business doing aerial work I’ve never climbed before, I’m a bucket baby, & we have a new contract coming up in VA where we’re not going to be able to bring our bucket trucks and will be having to climb poles to run fiber. Do you like climbing? Is it hard?
The best part is when you get to do all that with rubber gloves and sleeves on to work energized lines.🤔
I'm impressed...I'm from Philippines
KRIS TANNER MY GUY !!!!
6ft lean out and grab a lasher
what homie on the left doing at 6:40??? he eating something he just pulled off his skin
Found a tick😂
Dude @ 6:50 popped a pimple and ate its contents. Definitely works for a utility now.
I've never done this kind of work so I have a general question why not just have two separate primaries so when you get to an obstacle you just attach the one going over the obstacle then you can simply just undo the first one and keep going up there would be no need to take off the first primary then reinstall the first primary again if that makes any sense. Like taking off the primary just to reinstall the primary seems like a waste of energy...?
The secondary is just a rope to catch you on the obsitical below you can climb with it but the fall is not gonna be so pretty your primary chokes the pole so you won't fall at all also there is certain safety guidelines you have to follow and you can only go so high above a obsitical with a secondary
Come up to New York company’s are hiring linemen left and right
How many guys have blown their knees out doing that lean out & have slipped & then their gaffs caught , just looking at this it looks to me that your knees would not last long doing this lean out repetitively.
Boom trucks work wonders
We used to do lean outs without a belt in the Marine Corps.
wild I was in this term
Can we get a video of doing overs and unders?
not a lineman just a boring old commercial/industrial electrician... lmao, but what a great instructor!
Is this a young mans game or is early 30s fine to get into. Labored 12 years
Facinating
Most will become "bucket babies" .
19 yrs old and I wanna get into the NLC any tips? Hesitated on signing up since I have zero experience
Dont need experience you will learn there just got to believe and push yourself. There are 19yr old guys that go there when I was attending there. its a fun experience you should try it and great career path.
@@jawneesofresh thanks man I appreciate it 🙏🏽
gota to be a two handed lineman , able to reach out and work ,
I am now a certified line man! 😀
-Wait no i'm not.
Now i am got em
@@jawneesofresh That's bad ass! My fear of heights and sweaty palms just from watching the video alone would prevent me from doing so. Much respect my man.
@@choke666 heck yeah brother, we all had height fears but when we kept practicing and started to trust in your equipment, the fear just slowly goes away and you get more comfortable!
Been there done that... a LONG time ago 😆
What’s the math like I will be attending soon and wanna refresh before I go
Ft we just put a ladder midspan.
I switched to the wrap around style of climbers. Much better than gafs
dont get your feet too high , end up upside down...
Why men get paid more then women, no hate but facts.
Sooooo much opportunity in this country if you want to work hard and develop a little passion. Work hard when you are young then you can relax a bit when you hit your 40s.
Trang bị tốt quá, kỹ năng tuyệt vời...!
If I had some kid asking for likes and subscriptions before we started our job that'd be his last day. Gtfoh with all that. Do the work and shut up.
Mathew Mchaunahey ??? Hahah
I’d be impressed if he can do that at 45’ up at that height I can do that and I only climb a few times but once the pole starts swinging and you don’t know history of pole how hollow it is your mind set changes . Show is worst case scenario not ideal ones
love it man definitely got an amazing instructor what do you think of it so far? im thinking of joining but nervous of the climb like everyone else
I already graduated but every instructor has different dutys with hella experience, there is climbing, underground, transmission, digger derreck truck, transformer and more. Gotta face your fears but it is super fun after your comfortable.
@@jawneesofresh definitely 100% hows has your journey been since you graduated?
im week 8 in at the Idaho campus. came in hating heights at 25 feet. now were up on the 55 H structures transferring to ladders. 110% worth it
Wow that's superman shit 👍👀
Mike? Su pinche no bee es Miguel! Hahah
I’ve been looking for lineman programs around me because college is getting a little boring. I like to rock climb and want a hands on job so I thought being a lineman would be a cool job. Would you recommend becoming one if I have no technical knowledge about this job? Will I learn everything in the program?
NLC is great, you don’t need to know anything. Just make sure to ask questions about anything and everything you’re confused on
If you want technical and to work with your hands, be an "inside" wireman. Don't do residential, that's easy and practically learned in two weeks even though the apprenticeship is 3 years. The inside wireman apprenticeship is 5 years union, 4 years non-union. Lineman WORK and not always at home, and they're usually on call. Inside wireman get their 40 hour work week and go home at the end of the day, and there's a good mental challenge. Lineman usually make more money than Inside wireman, but that extra money comes at a cost.
And don't believe a lineman when they say you wouldn't have a job without them. While it's half true, it goes the other way too. Otherwise we'd just have a bunch of stump jumpers climbing trees instead of running their lines... Just kidding, nothing but respect to linemen. They do what most won't.
68% LEAN
Is this class associated with the IBEW?
No every man for themselves jk get in line and sign like others 😂
Concentrate on school and put your damn phone away
Brooooo
We had to do this at the top of a 65 foot pole
Is NLC hiring?
As soon as you leave school and enter the workforce,please do not walk up the pole in the same manner as the teacher. I am a lineman and that is a very big nooooo
Do you have to be tall to be a lineman?
No. there are short guys. Just gotta show what you can do
Wow, people learning actual skills that earn good pay instead of racking up debt to get a BS "-studies" degree that only gets you a $12 per hour job.
Looks easy at only 6FT.
I climbed trees for a few years. This looks like easy money compared to that. Send on fella
Is that why they get paid so much more than tree trimmers .
My dad could do all that.
Tein tuon jo 1983-vuonna ollessani tolppa apinana 🐒 ✨🧸✨ 👶🇫🇮
Now try it without your little sissy fall restraint
Use a bucket truck
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