Step 01. Pay
CLECO Lineman Pay and Salary Information
The average annual salary for a lineworker at CLECO is $68,450.

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Louisiana
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Groundmen · Apprentices · Journeymen
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CLECO is hiring linemen. Cleco owns 9 generating units with a total nameplate capacity of 3,310 megawatts, 11,935 miles of distribution lines and 1,317 miles of transmission lines. CLECO serve in Louisiana through its retail business and supplies wholesale power in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Step 01. Pay
The average annual salary for a lineworker at CLECO is $68,450.
Step 02. Apprentice
Linework apprentices at CLECO execute a safe working environment by using required PPE, following company safe work practices and setting the tone for a safe work environment Installing, repairing, and maintaining overhead and underground electrical cables Setting poles and anchors, installing transformers.
Step 03. Journeyman
Journeyman lineman at CLECO constructs, maintains, and repairs overhead and underground transmission lines. Performs site preparation tasks, including digging holes or trenches, installing anchors, climbing poles, and using equipment like digger derricks, aerial lifts, pulling and tensioning equipment, forklifts, and dump trucks. Being a Lineman installs wire and cable.
Step 04. Hiring
A Lineman at CLECO must have the 2 year of working experience, ability to climb up the work, hand tools, belt and boots.
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