Tampa Electric’s more than 700,000 customers have a brand-new group of company team members on the front lines to help ensure power reliability. Called journeymen, the six linemen and five substation electricians graduated from Tampa Electric’s renowned training program on April 24. With four years of detailed technical training, the strength to scale utility poles and work with heavy equipment – and above all, a focus on safety first –…
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Journeyman graduation: The culmination of four years of hard work
On Friday, April 19, the dinner guests at the Columbia Museum in Tampa’s Ybor City radiated pride that comes with a remarkable accomplishment. After four rigorous years of training, this was graduation night for the room full of men who would receive certificates signifying they were no longer apprentices, but journeymen. Proud spouses and guests who shared the evening snapped pictures and enthusiastically applauded throughout the informal graduation ceremony. The…
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