Graduates earn ten certifications: Fiber Optics Splicing OSHA 10-hour ET&D Training First Aid CPR NSC Flagging Digger Derrick Operator Class A CDL License Climbing Pole Top Rescue and Bucket Truck Rescue.
The CLP prepares and equips each student with the training, skills, and experience necessary for a variety of high-demand, good-paying jobs including aerial construction, underground construction, and cellular.
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These last-dollar scholarships combined with funding from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act will cover the full cost of tuition and housing for students in Trenton for the eight-week Communications Lineworker Program (CLP). Benwood, TVA, EPB, SLTC, IBEW, Chattanooga 2.0, and Hamilton County Schools have formalized a vision to provide scholarships to 75 students over the next 3 years, with focused outreach at Tyner, East Ridge, Howard, Red Bank, Central, Brainerd, and Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy. Now, the partnership is building on its early success. Another young man, T’Andre, will graduate SLTC soon – and by week three, he was climbing poles and working 65 feet in the air,” Richardson says. “One of the students, Melique, has graduated and is working in the EPB communications department. Two students received scholarships for SLTC training. Students were exposed to hands-on learning opportunities and a group went to SLTC to see training in action. To begin, AABE and EPB piloted an effort at Tyner High School to encourage students to explore energy and telecommunications career paths.
Given EPB’s relationship with Hamilton County Schools, I could see an opportunity.” I also saw, and SLTC recognizes, that there is a lack of minorities in the program and industry. Each class serves 300 electric students and 20 to 30 communications students and there’s a waiting list – yet we in Chattanooga were unaware of this resource so near to us. Most students are from New York and other faraway states. “I’ve spent my career in this industry and until I visited, I didn’t even know SLTC was here. Richardson describes SLTC as a secret in plain sight. The campus boasts 100+ acres of training grounds complete with poles, equipment, and ample space for field training.
Programs prepare students for electric utility and telecommunications careers worldwide. But Richardson recognized a novel opportunity when he toured the Southeast Lineman Training Center (SLTC) in Trenton, Georgia.įounded in 1999, the SLTC is a premier lineworker training school. Until now, those scholarships focused on four-year college programs. In 2014 with encouragement from TVA, Richardson helped charter the Chattanooga chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE), which is a national association of energy professionals founded and dedicated to ensure the input of African Americans and other minorities into the discussions and developments of energy policies, regulations, R&D technologies, and environmental issues.ĪABE has been committed to awarding students of color STEM scholarships since its inception. “It’s important that as we address our need for linemen, we also work to be more diverse.” “The energy and communications industry is facing a retirement bubble in about five to ten years,” Richardson explains. Ketha Richardson, Director of Inclusion, Diversity, and Corporate Training at EPB in Chattanooga is working to connect the dots between this lucrative career and Hamilton County students of color. They are highly trained and well-compensated for their work. High in the skies atop power poles and deep below streets tending to vital fiber infrastructure, lineworkers are the powerhouse of the energy industry. Pictured above: T’Andre Tarvin in week three of Communications Lineworker Program training at SLTC. Lineman School Scholarships Open Lucrative Employment Opportunities to Students of Color
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