Lebanon's OTC Campus Gears Up for Third Annual Lineworker Rodeo This April

Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) at the Lebanon Center will host its third annual Lineworker Rodeo on April 29, 2024. The event starts at 10 a.m. at the college's Lebanon campus, located at 22360 Highway MM. It is free and open to the public, and attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.

The rodeo will include first-year students from the OTC Lebanon and OTC Richwood Valley campuses. They will compete in tasks that are crucial to the lineworker profession, testing their skills and speed in a competitive setting.

The competitions will involve practical tasks such as changing fuses on poles using insulated tools and performing mock rescues from utility poles. Other challenges include navigating obstacles while climbing poles and installing equipment while suspended.

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