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Overview
Overhead line workers install and maintain power supply and control cables on poles and transmission towers, and repair customer connections to the electricity network.
In job descriptions, look for overhead power lines, line installation, cable repair, work at heights, protective gear, electrical power safety, construction supplies, outages and emergency response.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Overhead line workers spend much of the role around poles, towers, cables and customer connections. The work combines installation, inspection, repair, safe access at height and coordination during outages or planned distribution work.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes overhead power line inspection, line installation, cable repair, electrical current, transmission towers, protective gear, working at heights, construction supplies and electrical power safety procedures.
Salary context
Salary context depends on voltage environment, height work, emergency response, travel, weather exposure, responsibility for customer connections, safety-critical tasks and whether underground cable repair is also included.
Career paths
Paths can move toward senior line worker, crew lead, electricity distribution technician, power line installation planning, outage response coordination, safety supervision or training new line crews.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name overhead or underground cables, towers, poles, live-line restrictions, outage response, protective equipment, construction materials, travel area and safety procedures for work at height.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Distribution of electricity
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include electricity distribution technician and street lighting electrician.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
49-9051.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETElectrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
49-2095.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
35.14Distribution of electricity
Alternative labels
Occupation group
electricity distribution technician (7413.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7052fd94-f563-46a9-8e2d-cba6c20f3e71 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7413.1.2 |
| ISCO group | 7413 |
| Concept type | Occupation |