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Andrew D. - Civil Senior Foreperson/Carpenter at Hydro One

Andrew D. empowers communities by ensuring sturdy infrastructure as a Civil Senior Foreperson/Carpenter at Hydro One.

With a focus on teamwork and education, he leads with expertise in building and mathematics, creating opportunities for growth and a reliable power system.

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my name is Andrew Dessa I’m the senior

civil Foreman with Hydro One

Construction

I’m a third generation Carpenter I’ve

been in the trade for many many years I

spent a lot of my day just going around

making sure the jobs are organized I

basically set the stage for my guys to

succeed

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the one thing I’ve done is years and

years of education College University

but it kind of led me into this position

of being more of a leader with Hydro One

in the field it was interesting there’s

a lot of things I did I didn’t realize

they would lead me here but the one

thing that kept me in it was the health

the science math and school I had more

options we have many different trades

besides electricians in here we have

laborers we have broadbusters we have

Carpenters there’s so much opportunity

where you can choose where you want to

go with this and that’s one thing I

really like about this company

foreign

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