Any help and advice on getting working on OHL?

[terry27]

Hi
to all.. I am a fully qualified spark, but wanting a change now,
i am wanting to try and get into working on OHL (Over head lines)
i have contacted various energy companies regarding employment with them
and they are wanting a minimum of HND before they're interested.
I have even told them i would pay for my own training/courses etc..
if anyone on here, has or is working on OHL can shed some light on this, would be a
great help.
just to let you know i have contacted my local college in Leeds and they didnt shed
any light on it either, telling me to contact the YEDL,EDF,SSE and so on again??
so seems im going in circles at the moment.
thanks for your help
Terry

 

[Spudnik]

Hello terry27, welcome aboard. Enjoy the forum.

 

[terry27]

Thanks, some really good info on here!

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Hi, welcome to the forum.

 

[Nipex83]

Hi my advice to u is firstly to get a taste for big cables do a mv hv cable jointing course 7.5kv to 36kv for starters it will look great on your cv and just may be a little easyer for u to get a chance with the over head stuff.. A company called shrink polymer systems have great courses in this

Hope this helps

 

[terry27]

hey thanx for that info mate.. much appreciated

 

[Nipex83]

Jib website have listings with company names email address etc etc bombard them with emails etc

try Scotland power company they were over here in Ireland recruiting for trainee oh lines men to..

Here in Ireland we have a excellent overhead line trainning facility
there website is ciet.ie have a look