Working on high voltage lines pays well and doesn't require a degree, but electric utilities are hard-pressed to replace retiring linemen.
If you want to learn about the dedication and character needed to be a lineman, look no further than a place with a super-abundance of line workers: the International Lineman's Rodeo.
Each year, the best lineman from across the country test their skills in a field in Kansas. Picture a forest of closely spaced utility poles — almost like a giant hair brush — with hundreds of burly men, in hard hats and heavy boots with spikes, working furiously.
Throw in lots of tools and American flags and you begin to imagine an annual competition some call a "testosterone vortex."
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3 comments:
Good jobs, with excellent training, very good pay and benefits, plus a lot of very profitable overtime. If I were twenty-something again I'd seriously consider it.
Sounds like an adrenaline junkies dream job!
1:41 PM don't kid yourself, it is a demanding, dangerous, and down right frightening job. Pole climbing is not for wimps.
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