It rains over 200 days a year.they maybe glove of under 5 kv. I am sure they have their rules there. If it's raining buckets I am sure they won't work until it passes. Those guys are outfitted with all the hot sticks they need to do the work safely. They Christmas tree with their buckets and even digger booms. They have stick trailers with cotter key pullers, pin pullers, wedding rings, all kinds of connector sticks. And they know how to use them. They don't touch the wire. In British Columbia I think that's a stick only province, same situation.
people are all screaming safety! Seriously how safe is working in the rain. You can't see through your mandated eyewear. You can't hear through your mandated hardhat because it beats like a drum. Whatever rain gear you have is going to leak and you will be soaked. Your bucket liner turns into a bathtub. Your gear smells like wet sneaker funk for weeks. I will never do that for regular work and regular time.
If I am on emergency work, all premium, that's a different story.