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ELECTRIC POWER LINE EXAMINER

Specialty Definition: ELECTRIC POWER LINE EXAMINER

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Occupations

Patrols overhead electric power lines and reports damaged or defective power line equipment and facilities: Patrols on foot, by automobile, boat, or other means of transportation to detect unsafe or defective power lines. Taps poles with hammer to detect rot or splits caused by weather conditions. Pulls guy wires and anchors to detect slack or looseness. Observes crossarms, insulators, transformers, switches, pole hardware, and overhead conductors, using binoculars, to detect evidence of deterioration, storm damage, and vandalism. Writes periodic report of observations. Climbs poles to examine equipment not observable from ground and makes minor repairs, such as tightening loose guy wires. Notifies trouble dispatching personnel by telephone or radio of necessary major repairs. May open and close switches as directed by supervisory personnel. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ELECTRIC POWER LINE EXAMINER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 4C 45 43 54 52 49 43      50 4F 57 45 52      4C 49 4E 45      45 58 41 4D 49 4E 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01010010 01001001 01000011 00100000 01010000 01001111 01010111 01000101 01010010 00100000 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01000101 01011000 01000001 01001101 01001001 01001110 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#76 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#82 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#80 &#79 &#87 &#69 &#82 &#32 &#76 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#32 &#69 &#88 &#65 &#77 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004C 0045 0043 0054 0052 0049 0043      0050 004F 0057 0045 0052      004C 0049 004E 0045      0045 0058 0041 004D 0049 004E 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39463937545243372504957395224643483923958354743483952

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