Job Description:

• 1) Dispatches workers, such as TROUBLE SHOOTERS II; LINE REPAIRERS; and STREET-LIGHT REPAIRERS for normal maintenance or emergency repairs to electric-power transmission and distribution lines and related equipment: Receives trouble calls from police, fire departments, and company offices.

• 2) Records time, location, and nature of trouble and relays information to workers assigned to area in which work occurs, using telephone or radio.

• 3) Receives work reports and makes reassignments.

• 4) Informs work crews of changes in weather conditions and system status affecting safety, and answers questions requiring knowledge of system layout and electric equipment operation and repair.

• 5) Relays and records all messages between line crews and LOAD DISPATCHER concerning switching operations.

• 6) May requisition supplies.

• 7) May dispatch workers to answer customer service calls.