Appendix B - Tools and Equipment
Hand Tools
- banding tools
- bolt cutters
- brace and bits
- brushing rakes
- cable cutters
- cant hooks (peavey)
- channel lock pliers
- Chisels
- compression tools
- crow bars
- digging bars
- digging spoons
- drill bits
- Files
- Flashlights
- folding tape measures
- Hammers
- hex keys
- Knives
- Levels
- locking pliers
- nut drivers
- Picks
- Pliers
- plumb bob
- pruning equipment
- saws (hand, buck, hack)
- Screwdrivers
- Shovels
- vices
- wire cutters
- wrenches (adjustable, torque, spud)
Climbing Gear
- climbing belts
- fall restraint devices
- pole climbers
- pole strap
- tower harness
- tower strap
Personal Protective Equipment
- conductive clothing (bare-hand suits)
- face shields
- fall restraint devices
- flame retardant clothing
- flash glasses
- goggles
- hard hats
- harness/lanyard “fall arrest”
- hearing protection
- helmets
- high visibility clothing
- insulated gloves
- leather gloves
- rubber gloves/sleeves
- safety footwear
- safety glasses
- tower harness
Safety Equipment
- anemometer
- Barricades
- breathing protection
- burn kits
- caution tapes
- Cones
- defibrillators
- descent equipment
- explosive gas, toxic gas and oxygen detectors
- fire blankets
- fire extinguishers
- first‑aid kits
- Flares
- grounding devices
- meter pullers
- rescue equipment
- traffic control signage and equipment
- wheel chocks
Live-Line Tools
- auxiliary arm and accessories
- bonding wands
- bypass jumpers
- fibreglass reinforced plastic (FRP) tools (sticks)
- fuse pullers
- hard covers (plastic line guards, plastic pole guards, insulator guards, cut-out guards)
- insulated web hoists
- insulator supports
- load break tools
- load pick-up tools
- rubber protective cover-ups (hoses, hoods, blankets)
Electrical Measuring Equipment
- continuity testers
- current leakage meters
- digital recording ammeters
- digital recording voltmeters
- energized insulator testers
- fault indicators
- hi-pot testers
- meggers
- multi-meter
- ohmmeters
- phase rotation meters
- phasing sticks
- potential indicators
- time domain reflectometers (TDR)
Power Tools
- chain saws (gas powered, hydraulic, battery)
- cutters (cable, bolt, hydraulic)
- drills
- impact guns
- jack hammers
- portable generators
- power pruning equipment
- presses
- saws (circular, reciprocating, chop)
- tampers
Specialty Tools and Equipment
- air compressors
- binoculars
- cable identification equipment
- cable locators / underground fault locators
- cable strippers
- collapsible reels
- core sampling tools
- dynamometers
- feed-through devices
- field lashing tools
- gaff gauges
- global positioning systems (GPS)
- ground rod drivers
- hydro vacuum excavators
- infrared cameras
- infrared heat guns
- magnetic drills
- oil sample test kits
- propane torches
- pruning equipment
- pulling equipment
- range finders
- reel jacks
- grounding equipment
- sag boards
- silicon cloths
- spot lights
- tension stringing equipment
- tool buckets/tool boards
Powder-Actuated Tools
- powder-actuated connection tools
- powder-actuated nail guns
- powder-actuated spiking tools
- powder-actuated splicing tools
- thermal welding tools
Aerial Work Platforms
- aerial boom/scissor lift
- bucket trucks
- crane with work platforms
- fibreglass ladders
- insulated pole platforms (diving board)
- Material Handling Aerial Device (MHAD)
- radial boom derricks (RBD) with bucket attachment
Rigging, Hoisting and Lifting Equipment
- block and tackle
- Cranes
- gin poles
- Grips
- hoists (chain, nylon, cable, capstan)
- nylon straps
- pike poles
- pole jacks (pullers)
- power reel trailers
- Rope
- Shackles
- Slings
- tension machines
- Travellers
- wire mesh grips
Off-Road Equipment
- all-terrain track machines
- all-terrain vehicles
- Backhoes
- Boats
- Bulldozers
- excavators
- Helicopters
- Skidders
- skid steers
- snowmobiles
- trenchers
Communications Equipment
- cellular phones
- computers
- fax machines
- printers
- satellite phones
- Tablets
- telephones
- two-way radios