The electrical line technician (ELT) program is offered through a partnership of NMU and the Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP). Students will attend lectures at NMU's Jacobetti Complex and fieldwork at the MSDC training site on the former K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base in Gwinn, Michigan. Students will receive introductory elevated outdoor work-site field experiences related to electrical power transmission and work-site field experiences related to electrical power transmission and distribution systems, including climbing, pole setting and framing, guying and bucket and digger truck operation. Students will also learn the principles of electricity and the fundamentals of current flow in series, parallel and compound circuits as well as the general safety rules used in the electrical power industry. Applications of safety policies, personal responsibility, accident reporting procedures, and the safe use of various tools will be covered. Each student has the opportunity to train for and receive their Commercial Driver’s License (CDL A) while in the line tech program.