Transmission Line Workers are employed by or on behalf of public utilities companies and engineering contracting firms and in industries requiring a service to be transmitted through a network of cables. Line workers/linesmen are in many ways the backbone of the electricity and telecommunication industries. Line workers work outdoors in most weather conditions, at heights and in confined spaces underground, and at times with extremely high voltage electricity lines.

Line workers install, remove, maintain, and repair sub-transmission and distribution lines and associated equipment and facilities, as well as maintain safety for the public and for work crews during repair and construction work.  Line workers must effectively execute many tasks to help deliver electrical power from generating stations into homes, businesses, factories, and other facilities.

In order to minimize the danger, they must follow strict safety requirements and protocols. They are typically the first responders to power outages and other emergencies, and often work irregular hours in response to emergency events.

CNC Set-up Programmers-Milling and Turning work in the private sector in industries such as the automotive, aviation/aerospace, rail, ship and heavy truck industries. These workers operate computer-controlled machines or robots to perform several machine functions on metal or plastic work pieces. They are critical to ensuring the smooth operation of the CNC controlled manufacturing equipment of their worksite. They help to ensure through the work that they do, that industrial machinery and equipment is maintained at the highest possible level, quality of the hardware they produce, ensuring the productivity and safety of the entire production team. They also oversee Quality Assurance, verification, and inspection of equipment.

CNC Set-up Programmers-Milling and Turning represent the culmination of the receipt of several different credentials and certifications and, as a result, are subject matter experts in the equipment they work with.

Based on the results from the TPM Manufacturing Logistic 2019 Needs Assessment Survey, completed by Illinois Job Networks Manufacturing partners, this competency framework has been created. This competency framework contains the competency statements that have been identified by the business as the most important competencies for logistics hires to have. All competencies listed in this framework received on average a 4 or higher out of a 1-5 rating (1 being the least important and 5 being the most important).

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Description of Framework

This certification validates that an individual has the fundamental knowledge & skills needed by today's energy workforce CEWD

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Example Needs Assessment Survey.

Example Needs Assessment Survey by Region

This certification validates that an individual has the skills and knowledge to successfully complete process planning, hand operations such as drilling, reaming, and sawing, layout, inspection techniques, and safety standards

This certification validates that an individual is able to successfully machine parts by operating a computer numerical control (CNC) machine; maintain quality and safety standards; keep records; maintain equipment and supplies; and perform routine preventative maintenance.

This certification validates that an individual is able to setup and operate a CNC Turning Center; maintain quality and safety standards; keep records; maintain equipment and supplies

This certification validates that an individual has the skills and knowledge to successfully complete process planning, between centers applications, machine set ups, operations, inspection techniques and safety standards.

This certification validates that an individual has the fundamental knowledge of standard steel classifications and numbering systems, reading of precision measuring devices, shop and machine safety, and general machining practices, and inspection techniques.

This certification validates that an individual has the skills and knowledge to successfully complete process planning, basic manual milling machining applications, machine set ups, operations, inspection techniques and safety standards.

This certification validates that an individual has the skills and knowledge to successfully complete process planning, basic drilling applications, machine set ups, operations, inspection techniques and safety standards

Today, employers in every industry sector emphasize the need for employees with certain foundational skills. These include a strong academic grounding in reading and math, as well as individual abilities such as teamwork, problem solving, work ethic and integrity. While employers rely on employees to have the same basic skills, they do not always talk about or label them the same way. This makes it difficult for prospective employees and educators to know exactly what it takes to be ready to succeed in any career path in any industry.

This part of a set of materials on metrics of success shared with the TPM Academy on October 6, 2016.

This part of a set of materials on metrics of success shared with the TPM Academy on October 6, 2016.

This part of a set of materials on metrics of success shared with the TPM Academy on October 6, 2016

This implementation guide builds on the foundation set forth in the 2014 white paper,Managing the Talent Pipeline: A New Approach to Closing the Skills Gap, which identified how employers could leverage lessons learned from supply chain management and apply them to their education and workforce partnerships. The strategies identified in the current guide expands on this work and shows how key practices in supply chain management can inform employer action in organizing and managing the talent pipeline.

The guide is divided into six strategies that employers can use to be more effective end-customers of education and workforce partnerships. While each strategy can be pursued independently as a best practice, the strategies are intended to be coordinated as a systemic supply chain approach. Implementing the strategies in the recommended order will optimize the benefits received by employers.

Many of the strategies can be implemented by an individual employer, though they are designed to be shared activities among a consortium of employers. Small to midsize businesses will find immediate benefits in coordinating their efforts, while larger employers will find economies of scale and market leverage when working in concert with other employers to close the skills gap.

Each strategy begins with a description and definition. From there, each is divided into three steps with two levels of practice: Getting Started and Advanced Practice. Because users may be starting with different experiences, the guide is designed as a roadmap to help users achieve a more advanced level of practice relative to their unique starting points.

The authors recommend that users follow the steps sequentially and focus their efforts first on moving through the Getting Started practices. However, users may customize their approach and engage at the Advanced Practice level based on their needs and abilities.

Throughout the guide are examples that exemplify best practices from the national learning network. Finally, the concluding chapter, “Putting It All Together,” demonstrates how each of the strategies combines to form an employer-led talent supply chain approach.

The National Network has brought together the organizations that represent employers from major
economic sectors, and they have worked to identify the core set of fundamental skills that potential
employees need in the workplace – and a common vocabulary to explain them.

This model can take its place as the foundation for all industries to map skill requirements to credentials and to career paths. In doing so, this model allows employees to understand the skills that all industries believe prepare individuals to succeed.1 Educators and other learning providers will also have an industry-defined roadmap for what foundational skills to teach, providing individuals the added benefit of being able to evaluate educational programs to ensure they will in fact learn skills that employers value.

This list includes NIMS Competencies for CNC positions (Machinist, Operator Turner, Operate Milling and Set-up Programmers) and Technical Competencies for CNC Operators/Machinists/Programmers Positions.