Powerline Technician - Red Seal Self-Assessment and Exam Breakdown
Self-Assessment
This tool can be used to reflect on your own experience and knowledge in the trade compared with what is on the exam.
Exam Breakdown
Each Red Seal exam's questions are developed to assess the activities laid out in in the Red Seal Occupational Standard. This trade's Red Seal exam has 125 questions Footnote *, which are distributed as follows:
Major Work Activity A - Performs Common Occupational Skills - 32 questions
A-1 Performs safety-related functions
8 questions
A-2 Uses and maintains tools and equipment
6 questions
A-3 Organizes work
5 questions
A-4 Accesses work area
4 questions
A-5 Uses live-line methods
7 questions
A-6 Uses communication and mentoring techniques
2 questions
Major Work Activity B - Installs Structures - 16 questions
B-7 Installs pole structures
13 questions
B-8 Installs steel lattice structures
3 questions
Major Work Activity C - Installs Conductor Systems - 19 questions
C-9 Installs overhead conductors and cables
13 questions
C-10 Installs underground and underwater cable
6 questions
Major Work Activity D - Installs Auxiliary Equipment - 26 questions
D-11 Installs lighting systems
3 questions
D-12 Installs voltage control equipment
9 questions
D-13 Installs protection equipment
8 questions
D-14 Installs metering equipment
4 questions
D-15 Installs communication equipment
2 questions
Major Work Activity E - Performs Operation, Maintenance and Repair - 32 questions
E-16 Operates distribution and transmission systems
8 questions
E-17 Maintains distribution and transmission systems
9 questions
E-18 Repairs distribution systems
9 questions
E-19 Repairs transmission systems
6 questions
For more information about exam preparation materials (textbooks, modules, etc.) contact your provincial/territorial apprenticeship office.