Month: May 2018
People who install and maintain electric, telecommunication and/or cable lines are known as line workers. Most of these personnel are properly trained and skilled in pole-climbing and working from a bucket truck with power lines, exposing themselves to electrocution and other aerial hazards. For example, if a line worker is jolted with electricity and subsequently collapses inside a bucket truck, then foremen, supervisors and other ground crews must have enough knowledge to safely lower that person to the ground in order to administer first aid.
Safety Training
Most personnel working on such lines today use aerial lifts to accomplish power line tasks much faster and more safely. It is very important for them to individually understand the proper safety procedures so that rescue procedures can be administered to save co-workers lives if necessary. There are various rescue procedures that can be utilized in the event of an emergency involving the bucket truck.
Overriding the Upper Control – Superseding the upper control using the lower control is the safest way to lower the bucket and rescue an unconscious employee who has been electrocuted. In cases where lowering the boom cannot be accomplished in this way, the ground crew can use the auxiliary system or bleed the pressure valves in order to lower the boom safely and revive the unconscious worker as quickly as possible.
Quick Release Device – Extricating an unconscious worker safely from the bucket may require the platform to be lowered to the ground. The bucket quick release device can be activated in order to detach the platform from the boom. When the platform is placed safely on the ground, extricating and administering first aid to the injured person can be better accomplished.
Harness and Rope – There are cases where lowering the boom by any normal means is impossible. Workers who are injured but not incapacitated can use their harnesses and rope to lower themselves to the ground. Other employees can climb up the pole near the bucket to help the employee be lowered to the ground.
Annual Basic Training
Utility companies should have annual basic training for their workers so they can practice and refresh safety education. Operation managers should watch and guide their personnel as they undergo this drill. Pole top rescue training can be done using simulation with a dummy, making it as close to real life as possible. Each employee can take turns performing the rescue by using both the pole top and aerial bucket truck. Training for a four-person crew with three workers will usually take a full day.
Encouraging Safety Practices
There are several ways to encourage line workers, crews and service personnel to practice safety and give their best effort. One idea is to have employees participate in competitions hosted in nearby communities that are designed for such rescues. The contest will most likely include situations involving an injured dummy line person on a pole-top; other workers will call dispatch, climb the forty-foot pole, and climb down bringing the injured dummy to the ground. At that time, the personnel take off their climbing gear and administer first aid including CPR within a certain time limit.
Prioritizing safety practices is very important for every utility company. Rescues from aerial bucket trucks should be included in all annual training so workers can be prepared for any emergency scenario. Then these workers will indeed be prepared for any potential aerial bucket truck rescue!
A degree in engineering is one of the most respected and the demanded degrees, not only in India, but across the globe. The students are very much firm about choosing their career option and leading it in a positive direction. The number of engineering colleges has been growing in India and therefore the students get more opportunities to opt for their courses of their choice. Engineering sector has been grooming very fast and there are few industries, which have developed a lot and are expanding its wings for more of the new talents to give their inputs in their expansion. One of such sector is telecom industry. The industry has a large number of opportunities, and a student can find a safe and a secure future in this sector. Telecommunication has become an important part of the lives of human beings, therefore giving way to a large number of new opportunities to come up. Advancements in the telecom and IT industry, has made the life so easy and hence each and every development made in this sector, is welcomed with open arms by the common, resulting to the success and growth of the telecom industry.
The advancements in the telecom and IT industry have lead to the increase in demand of courses and colleges, teaching these developments and making the students capable of progressing in the respective industry. The Indian telecom industry is the second largest in its category in the globe, and therefore has abundant opportunities for the students taking education in the telecom sector. The students opting courses in telecom field, need to have a science background and must have strong basics in maths, computers and physics. Bachelor in Telecom Engineering is the basic four year graduation course, which the students opt for making career in this field. There are many other degree as well diploma courses in this field, doing after which a student can aim for a prospering future in the telecom industry. Few of the IT courses are:
Bachelor in Telecommunications Engineering
Diploma in Telecom Engineering
Bachelor in Computer Technology
Certificate courses in Computer Science
Bachelor course in Mobile Internet Communication Informatics
Bachelor in Information Technology
Other than the above mentioned courses, there are specialised management courses in the telecom sector, which are provided by a number of colleges in India. The telecom management courses are provided by the top management schools of India and have both the undergraduate as well as post graduate courses for the same. Following is the list of the colleges in India, providing courses in the field of telecommunications:
Academy for Aeronautics and Computer Science, Pune
International Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata
Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management, Pune
Sathyabama University, Chennai
Amity Institute of Telecom Technology and Management, UP
St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai
Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune
Indian Institute of Telecom Management, New Delhi
CIEM (Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management)
Ansal Institute of Technology , New Delhi
Institute of Aeronautical Engineering and Information Technology, Bangalore
After completing these courses, a student can pursue his career in specialisation of his choice. There are courses available in these colleges as per specialisation choice of the student also, which can be wireless communication, signal processing, computer networking, satellite communication, speech and audio processing, networking security, etc. Attaining these specialisations, a student can lead his career in the direction he wants with a more refined manner. Telecom engineer, Telecom manager, Systems developer, Telecom analyst are few of the major job fields, where the students can apply for jobs after completing their education in the telecom sector. There is tremendous number of job opportunities available in the telecommunication sector of India, which consumes the students hailing from different specialised education fields.