MTI Program Spotlight:
POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCEMitchell Technical Institute offers the only Power Line program in South Dakota. Demand for graduates of this one-year program, prepared for employment with rural electric cooperatives, municipal and private utility companies, the Bureau of Reclamation, private contractors, and many others, continues to be strong. Students graduate as apprentice line workers. Course material
and lab are based around the application and theory of distribution and transmission of electrical power. Fieldwork includes operating a digger derrick truck, setting poles, climbing poles, installing anchors, and stringing conductors. Outside lab also involves installation of transformers, metering for overhead, and underground distribution systems.
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