{"id":75596,"date":"2023-06-06T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T03:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=75596"},"modified":"2023-06-06T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T03:12:07","slug":"transgrid-training-powerline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/transgrid-training-powerline\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgrid Pumps Millions into Training Powerline Construction Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/transgrid-powerline-training.jpg\" alt=\"powerline constructors at work\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/transgrid-powerline-training.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/transgrid-powerline-training-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/transgrid-powerline-training-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/transgrid-powerline-training-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Transgrid has cited the transition to renewables as one reason for launching a multi-million-dollar training initiative.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In a program called Legacy 100, 100 candidates will complete qualifications in Transmission Line Construction.<\/p>\n<p>The workers will support the $1.8 billion EnergyConnect project being built from Wagga Wagga to the South Australian border.<\/p>\n<p>EnergyConnect will be an important support for Victoria\u2019s VNI-West, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vic-approves-vni-west\/\">passed an approval milestone<\/a> last week. VNI-West will be a 500kV system partly planned to service wind and solar projects in Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>Transgrid Executive General Manager of Major Projects Gordon Taylor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transgrid.com.au\/media-publications\/news-articles\/home-grown-transmission-line-workforce-to-power-australia-s-energy-future\">said in a media release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe first of 1,500 towers are currently being installed on EnergyConnect in southwestern NSW, with stringing of 9,000km of conductor cabling to get underway shortly, requiring hundreds of workers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added that there will be \u201cno transition without transmission\u201d, and that the Legacy 100 trainees will \u201cform the backbone\u201d of a tower construction workforce.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe comprehensive program will help the Australian energy sector to grow its own riggers and doggers, boosting jobs and skills in regional NSW, and reducing reliance on overseas trained workers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Construction company SecureEnergy is partnering with Transgrid on the training project.<\/p>\n<p>Its project director, Samuel Basanta Lopez, said candidates across the Riverina and other regional NSW locations will be sought to join the program.<\/p>\n<p>Basanta Lopez said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLegacy 100 will be undertaken initially in Wagga Wagga by Ironbark Training which will target local and Indigenous candidates across the Riverina and Thomson Bridge which is the only Registered Training Organisation that has this qualification on scope.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said you\u2019d have to enjoy working at heights and not mind living in a worker accommodation camp for 21 days at a time.<\/p>\n<p>The only required qualification to take part is a current white card. 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