I have joined the Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited as Junior Engineer (31 March 1983 to 5 August 1998) and thereafter I was promoted as Deputy Engineer (5 August 1998 to 31, January 2018 - Date of retirement from the job).
As junior engineer I was supposed to assist the executive engineer and deputy engineer in field duties and administrative duties. Field duties included day to day maintenance of 11 KV power supply lines network (that is High Tension voltage network) and 440 volt Low Tension networks in urban as well as rural areas. The 11 KV power supply was step down to LT supply by installing LT distribution transformers of capacity 500, 200,100,63 and 25 KVA of voltage ratio 11000 / 440 volts. I have also the experience of maintenance of LT distribution transformers having the voltage ratio of 11000 / 440 volts. The LT distribution transformers were installed as per the load demand of consumers. I have to lead the team of about 25 Linemen and Helpers for maintaining the uninterrupted power supply to the consumers. My work also included planning and erection of HT AND LT networks as per the load demand by the consumers. I have carried various projects of rural (village) and industrial electrification. My duties also included keeping watch on the revenue collection for the energy consumed by the consumers.
My duties as Deputy Engineer were heading independent unit which was set up mainly for establishing power supply network for agriculture as well as rural (village) electrification. Agriculture power supply was mainly for energizing pump sets to draw underground water for agriculture use. As deputy engineer, I have also worked as independent in charge of 220 KV substation looking after daily routine maintenance works. At present, I am working in the 220 KV SUB STATION looking after the operation and maintenance works in the sub station. This includes operation and maintenance of EHV CLASS power transformers, circuit breakers, current transformers, potential transformers, control and relay panels