Complete Work-Based Training About 80% of the Apprenticeship Program is work-based training
Apprentices will accumulate one hour of work-based training for each hour worked on the job with their Employer under the direct supervision of a certified Power Line Technician.
Apprentices are required to advance through 7 Term Levels and complete 6,350 work-based hours, including minimum “key hours” and minimum 500 “live line” work hours.
Key Hours
| Underground | 100 Hours | Preferable, but not mandatory: | |
| Live Line Single Phase | 200 Hours | Transmission | 100 Hours |
| Live Line Three Phase | 300 Hours | Distribution | 1000 Hours |
| Live Line Single Three Phase | 500 Hours | ||
ON THE JOB
Apprentice Scope of Work
Appendix “C” of the Master Line Agreement
Under no circumstances shall an Apprentice Power Line Technician be considered as part of the required complement of Journeyman Power Line Technician until s/he has successfully completed his fifth term (5th) of the program. In no circumstances shall the variance of the guidelines violate BC Hydro, WorkSafeBC, or any other recognized safety regulations that are in force at a specified worksite or location.
An Apprentice Power Line Technician shall not be called upon to come into direct contact with high voltage equipment or conductors that are potentially alive, except under the following circumstances and under the direct supervision of a Journeyman PLT: