Nearly 40 years ago, the first Lineman’s Rodeo took flight in Manhattan, Kansas. A dozen journeyman lineman teams showcased their safe work practices, demonstrated their skills and enjoyed the ...

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You’ll often see them working along the side of the road — after a storm, on the hottest or coldest days of the year, or even after a crash. The work they do every day, and the constant training, is ...

Experienced journeymen linemen make up to $70,000 annually. Entry level apprentice linemen can make $37,000 annually. Montana Tech of the University of Montana offers a pre-apprenticeship line program ...

The route to journeyman line worker is long, but the work is fulfilling and lucrative They call it “digging holes, settings poles and building lines,” and for the people who do it, line work is more ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — When storms roll in, so do the linemen. Saturday's tornadoes took out more than 70 power poles in Illinois. Every pole had to be replaced and the lines restored. "We had a lot of ...

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Lineman crews are training for a special competition that tests their skills when it comes to climbing power poles and rescuing a hurt crew member. When the power goes out, it ...

Duane Hooker was urging on the lineman. The URD elbow, he explained, on the electrical transformer was bent, and Tyler Brayboy, a lineman with the city's Public Works Commission, was working ...