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Line Life Podcast: Featuring Corry Ruch of Hydro One and MCC's Susan Blaser

March 15, 2024

Corry Ruch, a power line technician for Hydro One, and Susan Blaser, a lead line technician training program coordinator at MCC, share their stories of working in the line trade.

As a followup to our narrated audio story, "Training Women on the Line" as part of our "In Case You Missed It" series on Podbean, we are featuring interviews with two special women who have made their mark on the line trade for this episode of the Line Life Podcast.

The first interview highlights Susan Blaser, the lead line technician program coordinator at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City, who spent 21 years at Kansas City Power & Light (now Evergy) as a journeyman lineworker and in the training department before joining MCC to prepare the next generation of lineworkers for careers in the line trade.

The second interview features Corry Ruch, a power line technician for Hydro One and an International Lineman's Rodeo competitor who has been working in the field for the last 35 years.

Listen to the new episode here.

Read the Online Story
The "Training Women on the Line" story, which was originally published in the 2023 Lineworker Supplement, is a regional finalist in the ASBPE Azbees Award of Excellence competition along with three other entries from T&D World. To read the full story on our website, click here.

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Listen to the narrated version of "Training Women on the Line" on our podcasting channel, Podbean.

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