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Red Seal Powerline Technician Examination · CA

Key exam facts

Provider
Red Seal Program: developed under CCDA/ISEC; administered by provincial and territorial apprenticeship and certification authorities.
Format
Written multiple-choice examination; four choices and one correct answer per question.
Exam questions
Total questions: 125.
Time limit
4 hours.
Passing score
70%.
Exam fee
Varies by province or territory; the relevant apprenticeship/certification authority supplies the cost upon registration. No single national fee is published.

Topics covered

  • Performs common occupational skills (26%)

    • Performs safety-related functions
    • Uses personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety equipment
    • Controls powerline hazards
    • Controls environmental hazards
    • Performs lock-out and tag-out procedures
    • Performs temporary grounding and bonding procedures
    • Uses and maintains tools and equipment
    • Uses hand, power and powder-actuated tools and equipment
    • Uses electrical measuring and testing equipment
    • Uses rigging, hoisting and lifting equipment
    • Organizes work
    • Interprets plans, drawings and specifications
    • Prepares worksite
    • Plans job tasks and procedures
    • Accesses work area
    • Climbs poles and steel lattice structures
    • Uses access equipment
    • Uses on- and off-road equipment
    • Uses live-line methods
    • Uses cover up
    • Uses rubber gloves
    • Uses fibreglass reinforced plastic (FRP) tools (hot sticks)
    • Uses communication and mentoring techniques
    • Uses communication techniques
    • Uses mentoring techniques

  • Installs structures (13%)

    • Installs pole structures
    • Frames pole structures
    • Sets pole structures
    • Installs pole structure guys and anchors
    • Installs steel lattice structures
    • Assembles steel lattice structures
    • Erects steel lattice structures
    • Installs steel lattice structure guy wires and anchors

  • Installs conductor systems (15%)

    • Installs overhead conductors and cables
    • Strings overhead conductors and cables
    • Sags overhead conductors and cables
    • Ties-in overhead conductors and cables
    • Installs splices and connections to overhead conductors and cables
    • Installs underground and underwater cable
    • Installs conduit and cable
    • Places direct buried cable
    • Splices underground and underwater cable
    • Terminates underground and underwater cable

  • Installs auxiliary equipment (21%)

    • Installs lighting systems
    • Installs street lights
    • Maintains street lights
    • Installs voltage control equipment
    • Installs transformers
    • Installs capacitors
    • Installs voltage regulators
    • Installs switches
    • Installs protection equipment
    • Installs reclosers
    • Installs sectionalizers
    • Installs fuses
    • Installs lightning arrestors
    • Installs metering equipment
    • Installs primary metering equipment
    • Installs secondary metering equipment
    • Installs communication devices
    • Installs cellular antennas
    • Transfers communication lines

  • Performs operation, maintenance and repair (25%)

    • Operates distribution and transmission systems
    • Operates transmission systems
    • Operates distribution systems
    • Performs station switching
    • Maintains distribution and transmission systems
    • Inspects distribution and transmission systems
    • Maintains pole structures
    • Maintains steel lattice structures
    • Maintains system components
    • Trims trees
    • Repairs distribution systems
    • Troubleshoots overhead distribution systems
    • Troubleshoots underground and underwater distribution systems
    • Repairs overhead distribution systems
    • Repairs underground and underwater distribution systems
    • Repairs transmission systems
    • Troubleshoots overhead transmission systems
    • Troubleshoots underground and underwater transmission systems
    • Repairs overhead transmission systems
    • Repairs underground and underwater transmission systems

How to prepare

Work through the topics, read the explanation after each answer, and revisit the areas where you miss questions. Use the official outline and reference materials below to guide your study.

These independent practice questions are not actual exam items and do not guarantee a passing result.

Frequently asked questions

What is the exam format?

Written multiple-choice examination; four choices and one correct answer per question.

How many questions are on the exam?

Total questions: 125.

How long is the exam?

4 hours.

What is the passing score?

70%.

How much does the exam cost?

Varies by province or territory; the relevant apprenticeship/certification authority supplies the cost upon registration. No single national fee is published.

Official sources and references

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