Energized ConstructionExpertly Performing Live-Line Barehand Work
Creating Energized Connections
As an industry leader for more than 130 years, we take pride in developing our capabilities to further address our customers’ needs in the ever-changing electrical construction landscape. With increasing demand for comprehensive energized services, we are committed to our customers’ success through our growing capabilities. In addition to skilled hot stick work throughout the country, we provide live-line barehand transmission and distribution work.
A robust training program is critical for lineworkers to fully understand the barehand technique and build the necessary skills to perform the work safely. Through our Live Line Academy, MYR Group companies have an internal, in-depth energized certification program for our already highly trained and skilled lineworkers.
Live Line Academy Certification Program
Our Live Line Academy certification program teaches our most skilled and proven journeyman lineworkers a comprehensive curriculum to build a firm understanding of live-line barehand work. The curriculum and training materials were created in collaboration with nationally recognized leaders in energized line training and safety specialists, and are taught by highly qualified and experienced instructors.
This 10-day certification program, located at our training facility in Alvardo, Texas, combines classroom learning with hands-on practical application in an expansive, dedicated yard, allowing instructors to replicate nearly any type of field condition for energized work on a wide range of transmission and distribution structures. Training situations are completed on energized lines with controlled voltages, simulating real-world scenarios without the danger of electrical shock.
The Live Line Academy is a challenging certification process, and qualified lineworkers who attend the program must comprehend complex electrical theory, perform critical formulas, and demonstrate a strong practical understanding of the work to graduate and earn their barehand certification.
Helping Our Customers Reduce Outages
Our highly skilled, experienced, and trained barehand lineworkers graduate from the Live Line Academy program and provide real-world experience, enabling them to streamline transmission projects by working on energized lines that don’t need to be taken out of service. This reduces the time and labor required to de-energize and re-energize transmission lines, instead allowing our customers to better allocate those resources elsewhere. Reducing outages enables our customers to repair or upgrade their electrical infrastructure with lower operational costs and continue servicing communities with reliable electricity.
By working closely with our customers in an open and trusting partnership, we develop a comprehensive work plan to safely complete our scope of work on time and on budget, without the lost time and labor needed to de-energize lines.
serving utilities in The Northeast & West Texas With Live-Line Barehand Energized Construction
To fulfill an important need for their valued customers, two MYR Group subsidiaries, Harlan Electric and Great Southwestern Construction, launched live-line barehand training programs in 2019. Over the years, each company has consistently served utilities with safe, expert energized construciton in their regions.
