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Power Line Work: Job Briefings and De-energizing Lines
Learn what a qualified employee and an employee in charge need to recognize on power line work: what a job briefing must cover, why lines are treated as energized, and how a clearance is requested, tested, grounded, transferred and released.
This certificate records completion of awareness training based on OSHA 29 CFR 1926.952, 1926.960(b) and 1926.961. It is not an OSHA card or license, and it does not by itself meet the training requirements of 29 CFR 1926.950(b). Your employer must still train you in the safety-related work practices and procedures of Subpart V that pertain to your job, and only qualified employees may work on or with exposed energized lines or parts of equipment (1926.960(b)(1)(i)).
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What you will learn
- Recognize what a job briefing must cover and when more briefings are needed
- Recognize who may work on energized parts and when a line must be treated as energized
- Follow the order of steps to deenergize lines and equipment under a clearance
- Recognize how a clearance is transferred, released, and how lines are reenergized
Course outline
- The job briefing: Who briefs, who is briefed, and on what; How many briefings, and how detailed
- Qualified employees and energized lines: Who works on energized parts, and what to assume
- De-energizing under a clearance: Who is in charge of the clearance; The steps, in order; Transferring, releasing and reenergizing
- On the job
Course facts
- Who it is for: Line worker, Qualified employee, Supervisor
- Time: about 25 minutes, on your phone or computer
- Final quiz pass mark: 80%, with a certificate employers can verify
- Based on OSHA 29 CFR 1926.952 (job briefing), 1926.960(b) (working on or near exposed energized parts) and 1926.961 (deenergizing lines and equipment)
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