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HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICIAN
Summary

Journeyman Electrician with 16 years of experience, including a 5 year formal apprenticeship with WECA, from 2001 to 2006. Areas of expertise include substation construction, control wiring, high voltage cable splicing and terminations, and conduit bending.

Highlights
  • Installs transformers, circuit breakers, steel structures,insulators, high voltage switches, bus, circuit switchers, etc.
  • Uses electrical test equipment such as DC high potential test set , AC high potential test set, VLF test set, TTR, DLRO, Vanguard CT Test set, Doble Relay Test set, Omicron Relay Test set, voltmeter, ammeter, ohmmeter and meggar.
  • Installs high voltage splices, terminations, loadbreak elbows, deadbreak elbows and T-bodies.
  • Installs and terminates control wiring in substations, switchyards and power generation facilities. 
  • California General Journeyman Electrician Certification from 2006-2012
  • New Mexico General Journeyman Electrician Certification from 2011-2014
  • New Mexico Journeyman Electrical Distribution Systems Certification from 2011-2014
  • Bends, cuts, threads and installs all types of conduit and raceway.
  • Performs preventive maintenance and testing on utility and  industrial electrical equipment. Equipment includes high voltage switchgear, transformers, sectionalizing switches, vacuum circuit breakers, CPT's, PT's, CT's, protection relays and high voltage overhead powerline installations.
  • Ability to create and perform LOTO procedures and hold clearances for high voltage systems.
  • Experienced at working at heights from bucket trucks and manlifts.
  • Experienced at operating cranes and rigging for cranes, forklifts, backhoes, excavators, skid steers, trenchers, etc.
Accomplishments
  • Installed and terminated control wiring at several sites for theSMUD HYDRO GOVERNORS & TSV UPGRADE.
  • Installed and terminated control wiring and high voltage cables for the SMUD SOLANO WIND PROJECT.
  • Performed all duties from the ground up, pertaining to substation construction at various SMUD LOCATIONS, INCLUDING RUSSELL SUBSTATION.
  • Completed two SEL University courses designed to instruct employees to read, set, and test SEL relay logic as you identify Relay Word bits and SELogic operators, and see how relay logic assigns protective elements to output contacts for control, monitor, and trip functions.
  • Completed a three course training program called Substation Maintenance Technician through AVO Training Institute.
  • ​Completed a course called Low Voltage Circuit Breaker Maintenance through AVO Training Institute.
Experience
High Voltage Electrician, 03/2016 to CurrentLawrence Livermore National Laboratory － Livermore, CAOperating, maintaining and testing all equipment included in the facility's substations and electrical utility system. Equipment includes but is not limited to power transformers, control power transformers, potential transformers, capacitors, vacuum circuit breakers, interrupters, protection relays, and sectionalizing switches.
Industrial Maintenance Electrician, 01/2012 to 03/2016Aerojet/Rocketdyne － Rancho Cordova, CAPerform all duties pertaining to the construction and maintenance of industrial electrical installations and equipment. Installations and equipment include but are not limited to the construction and maintenance of high voltage overhead power lines. Perform regulatory testing, inspection and detailed records of critical equipment and systems.
Foreman/Journeyman Electrician, 04/2002 to 01/2012System 3, Inc － Carmichael, CASupervised and/or performed all duties pertaining to construction of electrical installations and substation construction. Tasks include but are not limited to: installing steel structures, insulators, bus, high voltage switches, etc., conduit bending, rough in, wire pulling, fixtures and trim, panel and switchgear makeup, MCC makeup, underground high voltage cable installation, splicing and termination, control, alarm, metering and power cable installation and termination, high potential testing, VLF testing, meggar testing, assisting with Doble testing, assisting with function and commissioning testing, duct bank trenching layout and installation, etc.
Apprentice Electrician, 05/2001 to 04/2002United Utilities － Rancho Cordova, CAPerformed duties involved with commercial and industrial electrical work and substation construction.
Education
Electrical Apprenticeship 2001-2006Western Electrical Contractors Association － Sacramento, CA, USA
  • Required 8000 Hours of on the Job Taining 
  • Extensive Electrical Theory
  • Blueprint Reading
  • Motor Controls  
  • Transformer Theory
  • Algebra & Trigonometry
  • Service and Load Calculations    
  • National Electrical Code
High School Diploma:1996SJCOE － Stockton, CA, USA
TE CONNECTIVITY CERTIFICATION:High Voltage Electrical,2008TYCO － Tehachapi, CA, USA
  • 5-35KV MV CABLE PREPARATION, TERMINATIONS, SPLICES AND 600AMP DEADBREAK ELBOWS
NFPA 70E,2017Emerson － Livermore, CA, USA
COMPETENT WIND TURBINE CLIMBER & FALL RESCUE PROTECTION COURSE:Safety,2008Gravitec － Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
SMITH DRIVING SYSTEM:Safety,2007Smith Safety － Carmichael, CA, USA
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TRAINING:2007
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Aerojet/Rocketdyne
  • System 3, Inc
  • United Utilities

School Attended

  • Western Electrical Contractors Association
  • SJCOE
  • TYCO
  • Emerson
  • Gravitec
  • Smith Safety

Job Titles Held:

  • High Voltage Electrician
  • Industrial Maintenance Electrician
  • Foreman/Journeyman Electrician
  • Apprentice Electrician

Degrees

  • Electrical Apprenticeship 2001-2006
    High School Diploma : 1996
    TE CONNECTIVITY CERTIFICATION : High Voltage Electrical , 2008
    NFPA 70E , 2017
    COMPETENT WIND TURBINE CLIMBER & FALL RESCUE PROTECTION COURSE : Safety , 2008
    SMITH DRIVING SYSTEM : Safety , 2007
    CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TRAINING : 2007

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