The work task changes with time: when I started (65) It was all hooks and hand drills with no hard hats and most of all.....NO BUCKETS, a crew worked from a pick up truck or if you was lucky-a flat bed, cable was pulled from the ground with block only at pole, you wheeled the system to find out where to put the amp, there was no footage on the prints, no poles, the print was to scale, it was Amp's on double x arms, You only spliced amps/le/splitters/term-there was not taps at the pole, you pressured tapped the line when a subscriber was hooked up, your warehouse was the worst place in town-no heat-no security but it was cheap rent, there was no loops placed in the cable, required minimum crew production was a 1000ft per man and a 1000ft for your truck/tools..Per day such as a 3 man crew=4000ft.
Spec's have changed, production has come down even with buckets/winches/etc, no more pole jockey's-all buckets now. More safety, more quality work required from the crew.
The industry has changed to be more like the phone companies, but one thing has not changed and that is the Wages for the Cable Man. Rates are now what they were 10 years ago if not longer.
One thing that is still with us is our "Brotherhood" of being a "LINEMAN"...hey the lasher is still the same with still 2 coils of wire that always runs out mid span.
Be Safe Out There...............................................................aka:microman
Re: Pay depending on experiance
Member #: 2039
Registered: 1996-2001
Posted:
1090
Name:
MicroMan
Name:
Gary E. Ogden
Company:
Micro Network Svc Grp
Occupation:
Coax-Copper-Fiber-
Location:
Domestic-International
Personal:
Experience:
~59 years
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