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WISE Pathways Women in Sustainable Employment Building awareness of careers in construction, energy, and manufacturing for women. Energy Top Careers • • • • Helper Mechanic (Average Salary $__ per hour) Service Assistant (Average Salary $___ per hour) Line Mechanic Trainee NERC (Average Salary $____ per hour) Helper Substation Tech NERC (Average Salary $____ per hour) Energy Industry Competency Model • Tiers 1-3: Personal Effectiveness, Academic Competencies, Workplace Competencies • Tiers 4-5: Industry-wide and Industryspecific Technical Competencies • Tiers 6-8: Occupation-specific Competencies Washington Gas Washington Gas Benefits Service Assistant: What do you do? Assists with: • • • • • • Ensuring the safe operation of gas utilization equipment; providing minor adjustments to and otherwise makes malfunctioning appliances and appliance conversions (propane) The safe removal of mercury seal regulators from customer premises The safety and environment area with mercury spill incidents The operation and maintenance of meters and regulators Higher-graded employees in other duties as assigned Using special equipment (fire extinguisher, first aid, etc.) Service Assistant: What do you do? • • • • • • Perform regular and scheduled maintenance/construction facilities/customer premises Maintains the ability to read and interpret company records Communicates effectively via radio/CAD unit Operates required tools Stocks and equips company vehicle Maintains tools, equipment and instruments Helper Mechanic: What do you do? • • • • Assists with maintaining and providing safe and reliable gas transportation Supports the crew by performing manual excavation using equipment for the maintenance of gas facilities Operates company vehicle Assists with emergency/priority situations • • • • • • • • • Helper Mechanic: What do you do? Operates power tools as needed Excavates company facilities Is aware and follows proper procedures when excavating near or around other utilities Assists in the performance of regular and scheduled maintenance on company facilities Interprets company records Communicates effectively with customers and co-workers, both electronically and in person Stocks and equips company vehicle Maintains tools equipment/instruments Assists with inspecting, testing an documenting finding for CGI, fire extinguisher, personal protective equipment, etc. Pepco Pepco Benefits Line Mechanic Trainee: What do you do? • Able and willing to: • Travel to various company locations • Work in a variety of work environments, including all weather conditions, at extreme heights, in confined spaces and other environments while wearing PPE and other heavy equipment • Perform both indoor and outdoor tasks for extended periods of time and around energized electrical equipment • Work rotating shifts on up to 90 pounds climbing ladders • • • Line Mechanic Trainee: Licenses/Certifications If over 21, CDL and a medical card or the ability to obtain each within 6 months Must pass qualifications tests both pencil and paper and 2-day outdoor Pre-Qualification exercise (includes climbing poles and working/wearing heavy equipment) This is a NERC position, which requires an initial criminal history background check and a background check every seven years Helper Substation Tech: What do you do? • Work as a member of a crew in performance of tasks associated with the operation, maintenance, testing, troubleshooting and repair of high voltage substation equipment and controls; power circuit breakers, power transformers, control batteries and chargers, metal-clad switchgear, high voltage busses, fire protections systems, low voltage station service equipment, capacitor banks and disconnect switches Helper Substation Tech: Licenses/Certifications • • • • Must be 21 years or older and possess a Class B CDL and a medical card or the ability to obtain each within one year of hire Must pass qualifications tests This is a NERC position, which requires an initial criminal history background check and a background check every seven years Must complete annual NERC compliance training WorkKeys: Locating Information • • Level 3: Elementary workplace graphics such as simple forms, bar graphs, tables, flowcharts, maps, instrument gauges and floor plans (one graphic at a time) Level 4: Straight forward workplace graphics such as order forms, diagrams, line graphs, tables, flowcharts, instrument gauges and maps (one or two graphics at a time) • WorkKeys: Locating Information Level 5: Complicated workplace graphics such as detailed forms, tables, graphs, diagrams, maps or instrument gauges • • • Must sort through distracting information Summarize information from one or two graphics Identify and compare information and trends in one or more detailed graphics • WorkKeys: Locating Information Level 6: Very complicated and detailed graphs, charts, tables, forms, maps, diagrams with large amounts of information and challenging formats with one or more graphics at a time • • Draw conclusions and apply information from one more graphics that are complicated and related Use information to make decisions Building awareness of careers in construction and energy for women. Support for this revised version of the WISE Pathways course is provided by a partnership with the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) and the Green Workforce Initiative at the Industry-Business Institute, Union County College, NJ.