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Tennessee Valley Authority Lineman Apprenticeship
Sponsored by Tennessee Valley Authority · Lineman
What families should know
A paid apprenticeship assisting journeyman linemen with construction, service, and maintenance across TVA transmission and distribution lines.
Decision facts
What we could verify
These facts describe the reviewed pathway. Program registration and current availability are separate checks; neither confirms an open seat or a job offer.
- Registration status
- TVA identifies this as an apprenticeship; the current official pages do not establish federal or state Registered Apprenticeship status.
- Service area
- TVA's transmission and distribution system across the Tennessee Valley region
- Listed location
- Tennessee Valley Authority service region This may be a sponsor, training, or service region, not a work site.
- Delivery mode
- in person
- Who the verified information describes
- Applicants who meet the current requisition's education, driving, aptitude-testing, physical, travel, and TVA work-eligibility requirements.
- Eligibility
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- High school diploma or GED certificate
- Valid driver license
- Electrical Training Alliance Aptitude Test
- Physical ability to climb above 500 feet
- Ability to travel extensively and support emergency restoration
- Compensation
- Paid apprenticeship; TVA lists starting annual pay of $62,895 with progressive increases through apprentice periods.
- Duration
- Multiple apprentice periods; the official page does not publish a total time duration.
- Credential
- The program leads to the TVA Lineman position after satisfactory training completion; no external credential is stated.
Next action
What happens next
Monitor TVA Careers or its job alerts for a Lineman Apprentice requisition; a current opening and next intake date were not verified.
Fit and tradeoffs
Questions to resolve before applying
- The previously recorded September 4-6, 2026 window has passed; the next intake is not verified, and the permanent program page does not establish a current opening.
- The work requires extensive travel, emergency restoration in bad weather, strict safety compliance, and climbing above 500 feet.
Sources and review details
Where these details came from
Quan Pathways keeps evidence for registered apprenticeships and other structured pathways separate from current availability sources and displays the date each source was checked.
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Supports: identity, registration, program-type, location, learner-stage, paid-status, duration, requirements, limitations. Observed Oct 12, 2026.
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Supports: identity, applicant-route, access-state, limitations. Observed Oct 12, 2026.
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