I am currently an Electrical Tester apprentice at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. This is a three year intensive training program that includes six months of classroom training and two and a half years of on the job training. At the culmination of the apprenticeship I will be a Journeyman level electrical utility tester and will be placed into one of the five divisions within the test lab. Electrical testers are technicians for the power system and are part of power system maintenance. We perform various duties icluding testing protective relays, testing power system equipment such as 138 and 230KV circuit breakers, troubleshooting and repairing remote terminal unit communication equipment and much more.
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