Enjoy the outdoors? Want a daily challenge? Then what our industry calls “line” or “outside” work is just the ticket for you!
What’s involved: erecting and maintaining power lines. Climbing power poles. Working on communication lines. It’s highly skilled work that requires a great deal of concentration, skill, and knowledge.
Demand for this type of work will never go “out of style” ... as long as folks use electricity. In fact, thanks to developments in the power industry, our contractors are seeing increased demand for their services - meaning they need more and more workers.
Train for this work with the NECA-IBEW team, and go from a new apprentice to journeyman lineman in fewer than four years. With more than 500 line contractors in the organized electrical construction industry, you can be assured of meaningful lifelong work —with opportunities for advancement.