An electrical lineman shall have experience in the following:

1. (1) Kinds, classes, treatment, installation, removal, anchoring, and guying of poles and towers;
2. (2) Use of line hardware and equipment such as bolts, pins, storage, stresses, deadends, and safety factors;
3. (3) Overhead conductors such as wire type, size, carrying capacity, stringing, sagging, hot and cold construction, stresses, storage, handling, sleeving, and safety factors;
4. (4) Identification, use, care, storage, repairs, and maintenance of electrical tools and equipment such as hoists, chain saws, ropes, blocks, lines, and pikes;
5. (5) Transformer types, connections, installation, maintenance, fusing, voltages, capacities, temperature ratings, oil, and filtering;
6. (6) Circuit voltage, fault current, and recloser or oil circuit breakers;
7. (7) Testing, connecting, repairing, and field checking of metering installations;
8. (8) Hazards and safety procedures involved in the operation of electrical systems;
9. (9) Underground systems design including installation of cable and terminations and installation of related equipment;
10. (10) Proper use of trucks, pickups, compressors, augers, and winches and knowledge of traffic regulations;
11. (11) Trouble shooting on line patrols, periodic inspections, night work, storms, and lights;
12. (12) Record keeping such as staking sheets, material lists, inventory and costs;

13. (13) First aid, prone and pole-top resuscitation, use of protective equipment, use and care of proper tools, and other personal safety precautions.

    The substantial equivalent of these areas is acceptable.

Source: 10 SDR 131, effective June 3, 1984; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; transferred from § 20:44:03:11, August 12, 1994.

General Authority: SDCL 36-16-12.

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-16-22.