Those alpha males risk their lives while beta pajama boys stay snug and warm in their onesees, sip hot chocolate and discuss white privilege and toxic masculinity with their gay boyfriend.
Posted on 03/16/2019 7:31:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
An energy company is looking to fill dozens of high paying jobs around the state.
Duke Energy announced it has 50 entry-level line worker openings. Several of those positions are in the Wabash Valley.
Some qualities they're looking for are computer skills and the ability to work with large trucks and equipment.
Applicants need to have a high school diploma or GED.
The job's starting pay is $28.69 per hour.
Rick Burger says it's a demanding job, but very rewarding.
"You're getting that light back on, on a cold, cold night. Those are the most rewarding things, but I really think our best is when we're bringing that electricity back on, getting that power back on and those lights back on for the customers out there," says Burger.
If you're interested in applying, Duke Energy will have an open house on Tuesday, March 19 from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M.
You can visit one of their local offices: Terre Haute (301 Home Avenue) Sullivan (1828 N Section Street) Clinton (2200 N Main Street)
I am a lineman for the county.
And I drive the main road
Or the Boomer’s lament, “By the Time I Get to Finish.”
your posts are always helpful, unselfish.
Lineman apprentice program? If so, isn’t that handled by the IBEW Local? If not, some sort of OJT program for ground operators?
on a cold, cold night
Lost me right there. I don’t do cold anymore since I had frostbite. Plus I’m not moving out of Texas.
That’s good money in rural Indiana. Or suburban Indy, New Albany, etc.
Those alpha males risk their lives while beta pajama boys stay snug and warm in their onesees, sip hot chocolate and discuss white privilege and toxic masculinity with their gay boyfriend.
I used to go up on 2000 foot towers in the middle of the night to keep the taxi cabs tow trucks,powerline workers etc. communicating on their 2 way radios. It does make one feel good about restoring much needed services to the public. So many people never even realize what gets done behind the scenes. I worked on equipment on a 2000 foot tv tower. There would be twenty or more different companies going up the tower daily. There were about 200 radio systems up there. We even worked for the secret service and the FBI. Sometimes we had to wait 24hours to get a time to work on out stuff.
The number of people working the graveyard shift is daunting. I was a generation station operator and worked with a lot of linemen. I told them they could keep their bucket trucks. They said they weren’t going to mess with 1000 pound/ 1000 degree super heated steam. My kids grew up hearing me lecture them on cold, windy, winter nights about who makes sure the Christmas tree lights come on. Linemen’s hardest work don’t happen on nice, calm summer nights. There’s lots of folks making the world turn while most sleep. Just saying.
I knew a lineman in Muncie back in the 1970s who, after apparently witnessing some UFOs, developed a mental illness, then took off for Devil’s Tower, never to be seen again.
In all seriousness thought, these are great guys.
Growing up in southeastern PA in the ‘50’s and early ‘60’s, I heard more than a few accounts from local state police and township cops about UFO’s being spotted late at night flying slow right above overhead electrical transmission lines. One stretch of road with a lot of sightings was Route 422 (Ridge Pike) running from Eagleville to Collegeville. This part was known locally as “Mile Hill”.
They need some replacements.
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