Georgetown Lineworker was top performer in NEPPA Skills Rodeo for 2nd consecutive year

For the second consecutive year, Georgetown Municipal Light Department 2nd Class Lineworker Jesse Cote was the overall top performer at the recent Northeast Public Power Association Lineworker Apprentice School’s annual Skills Assessment Rodeo. Cote competed against approximately 50 other students in 10 separate events at NEPPA’s Training Center in Littleton in the 16th annual event.

Competitors in the two-day skills assessment rodeo utilize the skills they develop while at the training facility. The events include Pole Top Rescue, Bucket Rescue, Free Climb, Fall Arrested Climb, Obstacle Course, Single Cross Arm Changeout, Double Cross Arm Changeout, Insulator Changeout, Transformer Changeout, and Cutout Fuse Replacement from the ground using an extendable hotstick. 

Each event is scored based upon a point system that rewards quality and safe work and each event is timed.

"This is the third year that Cote has participated in the two-day training event which further showcases the extensive skills and training required on the job," Georgetown Municipal Light Department General Manager David Schofield said. "We are quite pleased that he has demonstrated, once again, that he has mastered these skills while maintaining his focus on safety and quality of work." 

Georgetown Municipal Light Department 2nd Class Lineworker Jesse Cote, center, was the overall top performer at the recent Northeast Public Power Association Lineworker Apprentice School’s annual Skills Assessment Rodeo for the second consecutive year. Congratulating Jesse on his accomplishment are (from left to right) Georgetown Light Commission Chair Scott Edwards, General Manager Dave Schofield, Commissioner Pete Dion and Commissioner John Smolinsky.