New Training Aid for Transformer Connections

If you teach the T&D PowerSkills TRANSFORMER CONNECTIONS training unit, you can now check your trainees' knowledge of transformer connections with our new dry-erase poster. We've designed this training aid to challenge your lineworkers' skills in making various types of primary and secondary connections. To order yours, please call (318) 767-5802 or email us at sales@tdpowerskills.com. Check out the video below to see how it works.

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T&D Learning Management System

We offer the best way to train your employees with our all new Learning Management System
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Allows training in remote work areas with robust field proficiency documentation management.

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More About T&D PowerSkills

About T&D PowerSkills

T&D PowerSkills is a comprehensive 78-title video and workbook based lineman training program geared to instruct electric utility lineworkers with up-to-date, safety-related work practices and technical skills related to the installation, maintenance, and removal of transmission and distribution systems.

The individual units can be structured to support any type of company-designed lineworker apprenticeship program from apprentice to journeyman level, and can be used as a four year, 8000 hour apprenticeship program.

Currently, over 350 utilities and powerline contractors use the T&D PowerSkills material.

Vision

To be recognized as the standard in lineman training

Mission

To provide relevant and updated lineman training solutions that focus on the best work practices in the electric utility industry

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Rigging 1 Preview

We're pleased to announce that our next major video unit update will be RIGGING 1, covering rigging fundamentals and rigging equipment with a new narrator, new illustrations, and 4K video footage. This program concentrates on the basics of overhead rigging, including safe rigging practices, ropes, knots and knot tying, the use of handlines, and the use of blocks and tackle.

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New OSHA Enforcement Guidance & COVID-19

On April 10, 2020, OSHA clarified the record ability of COVID-19 with employees as follows:

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Message regarding the virus

A special message for our customers regarding the virus. Following guidance from the State of Louisiana, operations at our office in Alexandria have been placed on hiatus to combat the spread of his deadly virus. We are still answering and fielding phone calls and emails, and will diligently work to complete all orders as soon as it is safe for our staff to do so once the order is lifted, presently scheduled for April 12. Stay safe!
Louisiana Emergency Order

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Genie Recall

If you use Genie lifts (Terex), be aware that Genie has issued a safety advisory over several models of Genie lifts which have a turntable bolt failure issue. Contact Genie online for more information: https://lnkd.in/ep2H27g

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Energized Work Package - Distribution Training Units

Energized Work Package

Recommended Training Units

Basic Electricity
A/C Fundamentals
Safety in T&D Line Maintenance
Rigging 1
Rigging 2
Electrical Safety
Safety in Overhead Line Maintenance
Distribution Line Safety
Distribution Line Installation and Removal
Distribution Line Repair – Gloves
Distribution Line Replacement
Distribution Line Repair – Hot Sticks
Troubleshooting Overhead Lines
Hydraulic Derricks
Material Handling Bucket Trucks
Multimeter Operation and Use
Using Line Test Equipment
Transformer Connections
Safe Bucket Operations
Service Installation
Pole Top Equipment and Replacement – Transformers
Pole Top Equipment and Replacement – Cutouts and Reclosers
Pole Top Equipment and Replacement – Switching Devices
Pole Top Equipment and Replacement - Capacitors
Pole Top Equipment and Replacement – Voltage Regulators
34.5kV Rubber Glove Work
Overhead Troubleshooting 1
Overhead Troubleshooting 2
Power Quality
Transformer Troubleshooting

Package Price: $17,495

*Student Workbooks priced separately: $22.95 each

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U.S. Department of Labor Renews Partnership with Electrical Contractors and Associations to Protect Worker Safety and Health

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today renewed a national strategic partnership agreement with the Electrical Transmission and Distribution (ET&D) Construction Contractors; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW); and related trade associations to protect the safety and health of line workers, and other electrical transmission and distribution industry workers.

Tower Contractor Cited Following Three Fatalities at Miami Work Site

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Tower King II Inc. after three employees suffered fatal injuries while attempting to install a new antenna on a communications tower in Miami.