Skilled tradespeople make up a large portion of Hydro One’s workforce. Our people are the best in the business and we offer a rigorous apprenticeship program that lets you learn on the job with experienced Hydro One employees. Hydro One’s apprenticeship program and trades hiring is jointly managed by Hydro One and the Power Workers Union. To learn more about apprenticeships in the skilled trades and the different types of opportunities available, visit www.tradeup.ca.
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Skilled Trades Career Kit
If you're a student interested in finding out more about our industry and the specific trade careers available at Hydro One, please download the documents below. Our 
Student Guide will give you a good overview of the industry and the benefits of choosing a career in the electrical trades. Our individual trade brochures outline specific trades available at Hydro One, including the prerequisites needed to pursue that career.
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Trades Toolkit |
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Electrician
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- General maintenance and repair work on electrical systems and equipment; ground-level visual inspection of power and stations service transformers
- Overhauling, maintaining, and inspecting equipment: batteries, conductors and insulators, compressed air systems, switchgear, transformers, rotating machines, distribution stations and equipment
- Data collection/Equipment operation: assessing equipment condition, filing blueprints, insulator contamination testing.
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Power Line Technician
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- Responsible for installation, maintenance, repair, and removal of overhead and underground electric and/or fiber optic distribution systems
- Systems include the conductor and/or fiber optic cable, as well as the wood or steel poles which support and carry the conductor and/or fiber optic cable
- Data collection: checking defective equipment; checking maps
- Ground level work: cable locates; flag person; equipment operator; observer (e.g. guiding loads)
- Pole installation: Load/unload poles; install and frame wood/steel poles: remove existing poles
- Underground work: Install primary and/or secondary cable by direct burial
fault locating; splicing and termination of cables. |
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Truck & Coach Technician
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- Responsible for the inspection, repair, maintenance, and emergency repair to Hydro One fleet vehicles and trucks as well as the hydraulic equipment on the vehicles
- Maintaining inspection schedules and coordinating/scheduling repairs to be contracted out
- Office-related tasks: order and pick up parts;
- Pick-up & delivery: drive and deliver vehicles to and from the garage
- Safety inspections: inspect facility, equipment and tools
- Small Vehicle Inspection and Repair: includes disassembling, cleaning and rebuilding parts
- Warehouse Inventory
- Large Vehicle Inspection and Repair: includes engine boosting and service calls to site
- Large Parts Repair and Replacement & Fieldwork: includes vehicle recovery.
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Utility Arborist
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- Responsible for removing brush, diseased trees and branches that have potential to interfere with electricity transmission lines; Works with a partner or as part of a crew.
- Spotter: Communicate hazards; reposition bucket truck; maintenance; chain and blade replacement; trimming from ground level; branch and/or tree cutting.
- Brush clean up/Chipping: cut branches into manageable pieces with chainsaw/hand saw; feed branches into chipper; sweeping/raking/ shovelling woodchips and debris
- Brush removal: cut/remove brush and small trees on transmission and distribution right of ways.
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