Grueling Taipowertraining requires hopefulsto climb poles carrying 15kg
Grueling Taipowertraining requires hopefulsto climb poles carrying 15kg
2024-11-25
Before and after every typhoon, legions of Taipower repairers fan out to ensure that power lines are functioning properly. In their line of work, they have to wear 15kg of protective gear and insulated gloves before climbing 3m straight into the air on a utility pole. It’s not easy. Staff must go through at least a year of training and assessment. Taipower recently opened up its training facility in Kaohsiung’s Daliao to show the public what their workers go through to prepare.
A trainee repeats the process to herself as she prepares to climb a utility pole. After making sure her equipment is fastened correctly, she starts the ascent.
Taipower maintenance personnel must wear 15kg of protective equipment and climb 3m into the air. When power is flowing, they must work as quickly as possible. It’s a trial of physical strength, focus, and skill. But still, many people are willing to give it a try.
Lai Pin-ying
Trainee
Compared with being a nurse, since they work in hospitals, they’re inside in the AC every day. But now that I’m here, I’m out in the sun for hours every day. It’s a huge difference. At first I was afraid of heights, but when you go up there, after a while you kind of get used to it.
Chen Hsing-ju
Trainee
I used to work as a contracted safety officer at the Hsinta Power Plant. Then I found out the benefits at Taipower were great, and the salary isn’t bad either. At first I couldn’t get used to it. Now there are still some things I find difficult. But I’ll keep practicing and my strength will improve. Soon I’ll be just as good as the guys in the first half of their shift.
But to become an official maintenance worker with Taipower, hopefuls have to train for a half year at the Daliao Training Center in Kaohsiung, followed by another six months of practical training around Taiwan. Last year 397 people were recruited, but 10% didn’t pass.
Sun Chi-tsu
Taipower Fengshan office deputy manager
It’s hard for Taipower staff when sometimes, in order to fix a problem, they have to spend the entire day clearing a huge fallen tree. That’s why it sometimes takes a while to fix.
Many women are also signing up for what many consider to be a physically demanding job. Through personal step-by-step guidance by senior staff, Taipower is training more future electricians who can be on standby for maintenance and emergency repairs, ensuring the smooth supply of electricity to everyone in Taiwan.
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背15公斤爬3公尺台電維修員訓練秘辛大公開
2024-11-25
颱風前後，辛苦的台電線路維護人員就要出動，確保供電正常，但其實這些維護人員，工作期間得穿戴15公斤的防護裝備跟絕緣手套，爬上3公尺高的電線桿作業，十分不容易，還得經過至少一年的訓練考核，而台電也公開高雄大寮訓練所的訓練過程，讓大家一探秘辛。
訓練學員在準備上電線桿前，複誦標準流程口訣，檢查裝備是否正確，接著開始進行登桿作業。
台電的線路維護人員，要穿戴15公斤重的防護裝備、爬上3公尺高空，要在通電狀態下，以最短時間完成檢修作業，考驗體力、專注力，也考驗技術，但仍有不少人想來挑戰這項工作。
[[訓練學員 賴品縈]]
“比起來的話，因為護理師是在醫院裡面上班，就是每天都吹冷氣，在冷氣房裡面，但是因為現在換到這裡，就是每天要在太陽底下，曬好幾個小時的太陽，就是落差會比較大一點。剛開始會怕高，但是上去之後好像，久了之後就會有點習慣了”
[[訓練學員 陳星汝]]
“之前在興達電廠是當外包工安，然後我發現就是台電的福利很好，然後薪資也不錯。剛開始還是不能適應，現在的話就是有些項目，對我還是有點吃力，但是我覺得我再繼續練習，體力就會上來，就可以跟上班上前半段的男生這樣”
但要當上正式的台電線路維護人員，不但得先在高雄大寮的訓練所，進行半年的訓練，接著再到各地去進行半年的實地訓練，去年招收397人，就有一成的人，無法通過考核。
[[台電鳳山區處副處長 孫繼祖]]
“台電人員非常辛苦的就是，有時候為了要排除故障，可能他要花一整天的時間，來去處理這棵倒掉的大樹，所以搶修的速度就會變成很緩慢”
過去印象中的體力活，多了不少女性面孔，透過資深同事一步步手把手地教學，也培養出更多未來的電力職人，隨時待命維護及搶修，確保供電順暢。
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