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Custom Solutions For A Better Future
“My job is to find the best solutions for your company, utilizing what you have, what you need, and what your budget can handle. By allowing me to come to your company with an outside perspective and work one-on-one with you and your lineman, I can help you achieve your individual goals within your company. By working with what you have and listening to your managers, employees, and customers’ needs, we can come up with solutions that are best for everyone. From our very first phone call, I will take the time to get to know you and your company… We’re going to walk through all of this together and find the right path for your utility, linemen, and customers.” Jason Schraufnagel
Balance Is The Key
Top frustrations voiced by Linemen:
- We don’t have the equipment we need to do our jobs efficiently and successfully.
- We go to some of these refresher courses, trainings, and seminars, but they didn’t help us with our specific needs.
- I’m bored with doing the same old thing with the same old equipment…
- I feel I’m no longer challenged.
- I don’t want to leave, but if I find a better position, I might.
Top frustrations voiced by Management:
- We can’t afford better equipment.
- We don’t have time to send our linemen to better training… we can’t afford the time away or the cost.
- We don’t have the time or manpower to help our linemen grow in their careers.
- We don’t want to lose our linemen, but we’re having a hard time keeping them.
We Can’t Keep Doing The Same Things And Expect Different Results.
Creating Strong Relationships
LEADERS TO LINEMAN
- Assess communications from leadership to lineman
- Assess Work Life / Home Life balance in leadership and lineman
- Foster a community of gratitude within your company
Cost Effective Improvement
BUDGETS & RESTRAINTS
We will work within your utilities budget and any limitations that your utility may have, while focusing on staying current within the electrical industry for the safety and benefit of your utility, linemen, and customers.
MEDIATION
Round Table Discussions:
Discuss ideas, concerns, and questions with board members and government entities that management and linemen may have
Fostering Discussion
Creating Strong Relationships
HANDS ON & IN-HOUSE TRAINING
- Apprentice Mentoring
- Foreman Training
- Electrical Theory & Calculations
- Overhead (primary/secondary)
- Underground (primary/secondary)
- Phasing (primary/secondary)
- Fault Finding (primary/secondary)
- Transformers
- Substations
- Rigging
- Climbing
- Gloving
- Sticking
- Switching
- Metering
- Troubleshooting
- Electrical Line Location
- System Reliability
- Mapping
- Job Planning & Executing
- Equipment & Operating
- Tree Trimming
Forging New Paths
EVALUATIONS
- Find better ways to work with your current equipment and products (tools & connectors).
- Find new equipment and products that will benefit the future of your utility and linemen.
- Find the right vendors for your utilities and linemen’s needs and budget.
- Find the most cost-effective vendors for your utility and lineman needs.
- Find more efficient ways to prepare trucks and equipment for daily and storm operations.
HIRING & RETAINING QUALITY LINEMEN
- Assess your utilities needs, desires and values to find the best candidates.
- Provide ideas and solutions on how to maintain quality linemen in a competitive industry.
Preparing For Success
Building A Strong Foundation
APPRENTICE / LINEMAN DIRECT SERVICES
We help Apprentices / Lineman find the right company for their career desires with:
- Resume writing/creation
- Interview preparation
- New hire testing preparation