ALSHANE BENT

• EPCOR Aerial Transmission has added a variety of new learnings to my already exciting journey as a lineman. Over the past three years, I have mastered operating telehandlers and Manlifts, framing and working with fiberglass poles and hardware.
• I have navigated EPCOR's power system components, such as WEB DMD, FIELD CLIENT, and GNET, to name a few.
• I have familiarized myself with EPCOR's Aerial procedures through the procedures application. With this new influx of learning, I'm confident in being efficient in everyday duties, such as switching and live line duties, without supervision. I pride myself in being self-starting and motivational to others in positive endeavors.

My current tenure of three years at "Head Office Construction" has comprise but not limited to, building large distribution overhead and underground powerlines. Mastering tools of the trade such as operation of digger, aerial lifts and tension stringing equipment. A rotation with Vegreville Transmission maintenance group for two years and six months encompassed new duties such as:

• Maintaining Atco transmission wood poles and tower lines, employing new learnt skills such as, "A-Step helicopter support work, (working on energized 500kv and shield ground wire while hovering from helicopter and transferring to and from helicopter to and from steel towers and wooden poles)."
• Helping to develop work plans to achieve safe and cost effective outcomes.
• One month practicum work with Atco networking group, this tenure revolved mainly around programming and upgrading network switches for communication equipment on power systems.
• Transmission switching from remote and local apparatus.
• Tension stringing and termination of optical ground wire.
• I had a brief introduction to Bare hand live line work and stick work up to 144kv.

At ATCO Electric Bonnyville, I prided myself in, building, maintaining, improving and assisting in the restoration of faulted sections of the power system in a safe, efficient, and fashionable manner while fulfilling my commitment to training apprentices to be world class Journeymen. Whenever tasked, I lead a team of four full time employees, successfully planning and fostering completion of construction and maintenance projects. Preparing time sheets and day sheets and making changes to Single Line Distribution (SLD) for approval as per new build and system alterations. Avidly taking on new roles and responsibilities as the society and job evolved. My five year tenure encompassed field duties such as extensive rubber glove work up to 25kv, ranging from:

• Installing load break switches between vertical and horizontal circuits.
• Structure conversions.
• Creating and retiring mid span openings.
• Pole replacements.
• Installing and retiring risers for electrical apparatus.

Tasks included extensive underground work inclusive of:

• Installation and switching of underground switchgear.
• Termination to a wide range of underground switchgear.
• Reading and interpreting technical prints.

Tasked with and prided myself in, self development, constructing, maintaining, troubleshooting and restoring unwanted interruptions to the power system. Implementing loss reduction equipment and strategies while providing world class customer service. I took pride in:

• Responding to customer complaints and administering remedies to same.
• Extensive Troubleshooting and switching of electrical apparatus and to restore power and foster system balancing on star and delta systems.
• Rubber glove work up to 24kv to reduce outage to customers while creating a more reliable system.