Event Profile

Lineworker Skills Series: Lineworker Rigging - POSTPONED

Date(s):
March 3, 2022
Venue:
Captain Cook Hotel
Description:

Note:

This event has been cancelled. For questions or to find out about future training opportunities, please contact Yara Amberson at (360) 816-1445 or yara@nwppa.org.

Who Should Attend:

Lineworkers and line crew foremen.

Course Overview:

This class will increase your level of knowledge of rigging gear inspection; safe rigging procedures and load control; and using almost any vertical or horizontal rigging system. Come prepared with your work gloves, hard hats, and suitable clothing and footwear for any hands-on work taught in the class.

Course Objectives:

  • Utility load rigging
  • Sling tensions
  • Blocks and winches
  • Winching
  • Cross-arm rigging
  • Down-guy and dead-ending
  • Guy lengths and guy tensions
  • Pole compression
  • Rigging inspection
  • Underground wire pulling

Course Instructor:

Brady Hansen, Written in Red

Course Schedule:

Registration will begin at 8 a.m., and the class will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Course Location and Hotel Information:

The Captain Cook Hotel
939 West 5th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 343-2282

Room rate: $150

Please book your room as soon as possible, but no later than February 1, 2022, to secure this rate. Mention that you are coming in with the NWPPA group when booking your reservation.

Course Fees:

Utility Member Early Bird (ends 1/30/2022): $460
Utility Member Standard: $535

Associate Member Early Bird (ends 1/30/2022): $690
Associate Member Standard: $765

Non-Member Early Bird (ends 1/30/2022): $1,380
Non-Member Standard: $1,455

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations are accepted with a full refund as follows:

For webinars and virtual classes, if the request is made at least five days prior to the course, then 100% of the registration fee will be refunded.

For in-person events, the following fee structure applies: cancellation at least 30 days prior to the event, full refund; within 15-29 days, $100 fee; and within 1-14 days or no show, 100% of the registration fee. When possible, please send a substitute instead of canceling because NWPPA does not charge a fee for substitutions.

Continuing Hours:

This course qualifies for six continuing hours. Certificates are issued upon full completion of the course.

For More Information:

To find out more about this event, or to learn about other events, view the Training and Event Catalog.