Nolenn Martin
As a former hull technician in the Navy, jumping out of helicopters and repelling to the ground, Nolenn Martin found the transition to an apprentice lineman for HydroOne simple. The 26-year-old Ohsweken native barely bats an eye at the thought of climbing 100-foot hydro poles suspended only by harnesses and belts.
“It’s a pretty good trade, pretty busy all the time, you don’t really know what you’re going to be doing from one day to the next,” he says. Since beginning his training in September 2005, it’s typical for Nolenn, now a first year apprentice, to find himself climbing poles or towers to change conductor wire, setting hydro poles or changing steel.
The family-feel of the trade offers opportunities for him to learn from a variety of journeyman all the while feeling a great sense of camaraderie. “It’s pretty well like your family, you’re there with them 10 hours a day 7 days a week sometimes, so you see them more than you see your family,” he laughs”
