Step 01. Pay
Duke Energy Lineman Pay and Salary Information
The base salary for Lineman at Duke Energy range from $84,286 to $94,085 per year. Duke Energy offer Retirement benefits; Wellness programs; Time-off benefits; Work-life balance programs.

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Duke Energy is hiring linemen. Its Electric Utilities and Infrastructure business unit serves approximately 7.5 million customers located in six states in the Southeast and Midwest. The company's Gas Utilities and Infrastructure business unit distributes natural gas to approximately 1.6 million customers in the Carolinas, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Step 01. Pay
The base salary for Lineman at Duke Energy range from $84,286 to $94,085 per year. Duke Energy offer Retirement benefits; Wellness programs; Time-off benefits; Work-life balance programs.
Step 02. Apprentice
Lineworker apprentices at Duke Energy will experience with both sticking and gloving methods of work Apprentices will learn all aspects of Line work while completing on the job training (OJT) hours. Assist in the construction of new overhead and underground services and service upgrades. Operate heavy and light equipment including digger derricks, aerial lift devices, pulling and tensioning equipment, forklifts, dump trucks and various dirt equipment. Apprentice must, at all times, follow all safety policies and procedures
Step 03. Journeyman
Journeyman lineman at Duke Energy Partners Installs, maintains, and removes underground conductors, conduits, vaults, transformers, elbows, terminators, splices including secondary conductors and connections.
Step 04. Hiring
Applicants can start work as an apprentice lineworker with the equivalent of a high school diploma but require years of on-the-job training and continuing education. After a four-to-five-year Duke Energy apprenticeship, they take a test to qualify as a journeyman lineworker.
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