March
, 2024.- "If they give me the opportunity to rejoin the company to continue contributing with my experience, I will do it, because I like my job and I feel in good physical condition," said Julio Torres Torres, technician, electrician and driver at the Basic Electric Organization Business Unit in Nuevitas.
He is part of the group since 1986, after finishing a course at the school located on the Santa Cruz del Sur highway, where he became an electrical technician B. Later, he was trained in the city of Camagüey and obtained the category of technician A, says Torres.
"After completing my studies, I joined the company. Two years later, I was presented with an opportunity to excel in my career. I enrolled in a course to become an energized technician in 13,000 volts category. This certification enabled me to work on live power lines without disrupting the power supply to users."
Julio loves his job in spite of the risks it implies.
“I had a painful experience after the hurricane of 2002; I was part of the group designated to carry out recovery works in Pinar del Río where I fell from a power pole.
I stayed ten days in the intensive care unit with a fracture in three ribs, a puncture in one lung, my spleen burst, and I had internal bleeding, in other words, I was more dead than alive - as the saying goes - and I still returned to my work".
Were you afraid to face heights again?
At the beginning, I was a little afraid but I did it anyways, and in 2004 I had to return to Pinar del Río because of another hurricane, and everyone who knew me welcomed me with open arms and gave me great attention.
Looking at retirement is one of the rights knocking on Julio's door.
“Electrical technician retire five years earlier than planned, I've already turned 60, but I'm sure I'm going to miss this," said Julio Torres Torres.
