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Lake-Sumter State College Lineman Program

The Lake-Sumter State College Lineman Program offers a comprehensive $8,500 program. Graduates often find employment with top companies like Florida City Gas, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas.

2026 Program Cost: $8,550
Program Length: 10 Weeks
Next Start: Six times per year

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2026 Program Cost: $8,550
Term Length: 10 Weeks
Term Beginning Date(s): Six times per year
2025 Enrollment: 15
Housing Available?: No
Boots/Tools Included?: No
Possible Scholarships?: Yes
Completion Rate: 85%
Employment Rate: 92%
2025 Graduate Average Starting Wage: $60,000

Details about Lake-Sumter State College Lineman Program

The Electric Utility Lineworker Basic Certificate is designed to provide students with the fundamental knowledge and basic practical skills needed when seeking a career opportunity in the electric utility industry as a line worker trainee. Students will develop technological competency, analytical problem- solving skills, workplace ethics, team working skills, and job responsibility. Students will study basic electrical theory, elements of electric power systems operations, fundamental safe work practices, and a variety of overhead and underground electrical construction operation and maintenance standards.

Lineman Job Opportunities for Graduates from Lake-Sumter State College Lineman Program

Individuals taking the Basic Certificate program opportunity are expected to develop skill sets in climbing poles, digging holes, working with tools and machinery most closely associated with electric utility systems and basic mechanical technologies

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Companies hiring entry level line workers from Lake-Sumter State College Lineman Program

WREC, Elite Construction, OUC, SECO

How long does Lake-Sumter State College Lineman Program take?

10 Weeks

How to get into Lake-Sumter State College Lineman Program

18 Years of Age, CDL Learners Permit, DOT Medical Exam Paperwork

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Sumterville

Lake Sumter State College is a public college in Central Florida. It is a member of the Florida College System. The college has three campuses in Lake and Sumter Counties: the original campus in Leesburg, the South Lake Campus in Clermont, and the Sumter Campus in Sumterville.

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Local pay in context

What Linemen Earn in Florida

Statewide wages for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers (SOC 49-9051), 6,420 employed. The band below uses BLS percentile data as an illustrative range from early-career to experienced lineworkers in the state.

Early career (10th pct.): $50,690
Typical (median): $86,870
Experienced (90th pct.): $109,300

Program cost in context: tuition of $8,550 is about 9.8% of one year at the Florida median lineman wage.

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Who teaches here

Instructors

Jeff Light
Director, Energy Programs
20+ years in the trade
Director of Energy Programs overseeing lineworker training. Came to LSSC from SECO with 20+ years of experience in the energy field, per LSSC District Board of Trustees materials.

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