Electric Utility Operations

October Featured Lineman Wins Prize Tool Package

Nov. 5, 2020

Milwaukee Tool presented new tools to Jake Wessels, a troubleman for Salt River Project, who was featured in the October 2020 Lifeline department.

Amy Fischbach

Milwaukee Tool recently awarded Jake Wessels, a troubleman for Salt River Project, a prize tool package. Wessels, who was born in South Africa, has spent 18 years in the line trade and the last six years as a troubleman.

As part of its sponsorship of the Lifeline department, Milwaukee Tool presented Wessels with the following tools in Arizona.

If you are a journeyman lineman or field manager and interested in being profiled in the Lifeline department within the Electric Utility Operations section of T&D World magazine, please email Field Editor Amy Fischbach.

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Electric Utilities Operations

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade. She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected].