HBI Electrical students were able to obtain information about what overhead linemen do every day during a demonstration by employees of the Sullivan County Rural Electric Cooperative (REC) in Forksville. Walt Tubach, electrical operations manager, and Don Curry, a senior lineman, visited HBI Instructor Jim Hancock’s electrical class to discuss what it’s like to work on outdoor electrical lines, and what it takes to become employed in the field. Currently, two Red Rock electrical graduates are attending Advanced Training for overhead linemen at Gary Job Corps Center in San Marcos, TX, because of their job shadow experience with Walt’s crew in 2015.

Walt Tubach of the Sullivan County Rural Electric Cooperative demonstrates a piece of equipment used by overhead linemen.