2024 Power Line Design and Staking Certification Program Level 2

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About the Course

Students will build on the foundation created in the prerequisite course, Level 1. This class places emphasis on joint use remedy and make ready, as well as vertical and horizontal loading. After completion of Level 2, participants will be able to complete the layout and design of most overhead projects, understand and utilize NESC and sag chart criteria, evaluate and design make ready/remedy for joint use facilities, calculate the mechanical loading effects of line design, understand conductor blowout and design for/around grain bins, and will be able to design for crossing under transmission lines. Course manual provided.

Course manual provided. Students need to bring a copy of their notes from the PLDS1 course as well as the current NESC (not included in course materials, but available here from the IEEE).

About the Instructor

Clint’s experience in the electric utility sector currently spans a period of 28+ years with work in cooperative, municipal and IOU organizations.  Among his most significant assignments in the utility industry are:

• Business Owner and Partner at Reliance Energy Consulting
• Instruction (both full and part time) in Line Design and Staking with Utility Training Services
• System Engineer and as Manager of Engineering at Cherokee Electric Cooperative in AL
• Distribution Engineer for Coastal EMC in GA
• Consultant and Instructor with Power Delivery Associates in GA
• Clint served in the Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer

Who should attend?

• Engineer Technicians
• Engineers
• Stakers
• Journeyman Lineman
• Line Construction Personnel
• Design Engineers

Registration Information:

• Registration Deadline: December 2, 2024
• Registration Fee: $1,500 per person for FMEA Members
• Training Location: KUA Line Operations Training Room
• Lunch included