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The apprenticeship programme takes approximately three years to complete, and you''ll spend your first 12 weeks being inducted onto the programme at one of our Training Centres.WorkMost of your apprenticeship is spent working. You''ll learn on the job by getting handson experience.What you''ll do at workOverhead Linespersons are overhead line engineers who work at height constructing, maintaining, testing, repairing and replacing overhead lines and equipment.You will represent National Grid and carry out work handed down by other areas of the business.Join us, and we''ll see you participate in craft skills activities on the live LV network, on dead LV, HV and EHV circuits (live HV circuits if part of a Hot Glove team). You''ll help with network operations, connect generators and services and organise your own projects. You''ll also:Construct and alter overhead lines, install polemounted plant, run and terminate cables to plant and overhead linesCarry out routine inspection, maintenance and repairs of overhead equipmentRecord asset routes, details and positionsRecord plant detailsLocate and identify cables, test insulation, phasing and continuity on LV cablesTest earthing, voltage, phasing and phase rotationCarry out switching operations on the LV network#J-18808-Ljbffr