Electricians are always in the field to ensure that the energy will reach all consumers with quality and safety. Whether in generation, transmission or distribution, they act in different functions, which complement each other and result in the service of excellence provided by Neoenergia. On the Electrician Day, October 17, we tell the history of four of our employees.
At 28, Ana Raíza Casusa (center of the photo) decided to change her life. She left her career as a teacher to become an electrician in the commercial area of Cosern, Neoenergia's concessionaire in Rio Grande do Norte. A month ago, she started to be part of the team that makes new connections in the region of Mossoró, in the Potiguar (Brazilian word for the state of Rio Grande do Norte) hinterland. "I´ve always admired this area, but I was conditioned to be a teacher. The fact of being a woman in our society ended up distancing us a little, but we do not have to be afraid of change, we know that we can do whatever we want. Now I'm discovering myself, wanting to invest in the profession”, she says.
Ana Raíza was a student at the Electricians School, an initiative of the company to encourage the training of residents of its areas of operation. Demonstrating love for the new function, she is already a mirror for other women. "The profession has an enormous importance, we take the development of areas like health and work everywhere. I always tell how it is the daily life in the company and I am already an inspiration. I show that they have conditions to be here too”, she says. In 2021, she intends to specialize by taking an electrotechnical course and then a college.
At the Neoenergia distributors, the Commercial Technical Service electricians, like her, can act in functions such as new energy connections and reconnections, as well as reviewing and gauging customers' meters. There are two more possibilities: being a Grid electrician, who does the corrective and preventive maintenance of the distribution grid, or Sub transmission, working on the maintenance and operation of transmission lines and substations. The main objective of all is to guarantee the operability and availability of the grid, with safety and quality of service provision.