Lineman safety training requirements
Also called: Line worker, apprentice lineman, distribution line tech
Line work has its own OSHA rules — 1910.269 for maintenance, 1926 Subpart V for construction. The craft comes from an apprenticeship; this is the classroom side of the safety training.
Required by regulation
Training the rules spell out. The citation is next to each one — look it up, it’s all public.
Qualified-employee training
OSHA 1910.269(a)(2), 1926.950(b)Telling energized parts from dead ones, minimum approach distances, the safe work practices for the voltages you work.
First aid & CPR
OSHA 1910.269(b), 1926.951(b)Any field crew of two or more needs at least two people trained in first aid and CPR.
Aerial lift / bucket truck
OSHA 1910.67, 1926.453Only trained operators run the bucket.
Fall protection
OSHA 1910.269(g), 1926.954Harness in the bucket, fall restriction on poles.
What an online course won’t give you
You’ll need these too. We don’t sell them, and we’d rather you hear it here.
Apprenticeship and pole climbing
Line work is learned in a 3–4 year apprenticeship or at a line school, on real poles. No online course replaces that.
CDL (Class A)
Most utilities and line contractors want one for the trucks. We don’t teach CDL.
Why not NFPA 70E?
NFPA 70E excludes utility line work — that’s what 1910.269 and Subpart V cover. If your job mixes line and premises work, see the electrician list.