That's a dying breed. Telco and electric is all going underground. Telco isn't even hardly using copper anymore, on lines or in trenches, it's all fiber and microwave now.

Thought about firefighting? Get with the right contracting company and a wildland firefighter can make a small year's salary in a summer. Spend the winter working ski resorts and volunteering with your search and rescue, spring is spent planting trees and supervising controlled burns, then summer and fall and you're working again.

And that's if you don't want to be employed by the Forest Service. With your background and hobbies and a Bachelors in your pocket, you might find a FS job is just the ticket. It's definitely a more stable paycheck.