Timothy Andrew Girvan

• Maintained, and repaired high voltage transmission lines.
• Maintained, constructed, and repaired high voltage apparatus in substations and terminals.
• Professional driver, operator of commercial vehicles.
• Helped to train and guide new employees, and apprentices.
• Complied with legal regulations and company procedures to achieve high-quality performance in a safe working environment.
• Restored power to thousands of customers following severe weather events, ensuring minimal downtime for affected areas.
• Collaborated with other linemen to complete complex projects efficiently and within specified timeframes.
• Enhanced system reliability by performing routine maintenance on electrical equipment and power lines.
• Improved safety measures by conducting regular inspections of transmission and distribution systems.

Lineman posted to a double bucket hotline truck.

Participated in an underground/aerial hybrid linecrew to expedite new service connection requests.

Spent time on a new System repair service line team to split capital work from trouble (outage) work help to keep capital work on schedule and perform necessary work that is part of maintaining distribution line circuits.

High voltage live line rubber glove work on 4160V, 13,800V, and 25KV circuits.

Operational experience working intimately with system operators.

• Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
• Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Built Overhead and underground distribution circuits for the utilities in Alberta. Much of this in heavy industrial oilsands areas.
• Experienced digger operator.
• Mobile crane operator certified Alberta. NB pending
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Survived an extremely harsh work environment that had very little tolerance for error.
• Built distribution power lines
• I could not overstate the importance of the experience received during this period.

Installed high test epoxy concrete coatings in commercial and industrial settings.

Time sensitive and labour intensive processes.

Stonehard products.

Traffic control person

Laborer on pole setting crew.

Installed messenger, and guy wires for said messenger.

Installed various cables including copper, coaxial, and fiber optic.

Gained valuable experience climbing poles.

Drove cable truck under high stress situations with coworkers riding in an aerial platform extended from the chassis of the cable truck, while driving.