Payne completes line training

Press release

Hill County Electric Cooperative has announced that its employee Spencer Payne has completed one of the world’s most comprehensive training programs for power line personnel.

The Merchant Job Training and Safety Program is technical training administered to line personnel in 40 states throughout the United States. Completing the training is an important accomplishment as he moves toward becoming a journeyman lineman. Payne will obtain this status once he has completed an additional 850 hours of on the job training and passes the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee exams. 

“Congratulations to Spencer as he moves forward to a very rewarding life-long occupation,” the cooperative said in a press release.