To provide relevant and updated lineman training solutions
that focus on the best work practices in the electric
utility industry.
OSHA Changes Regulations for Electric Utility Industry!
Find out more about the regulations that are changing and
how it affects the T&D PowerSkills material.
"The operations management team is very pleased with the
caliber of apprentices who have attended the T&D PowerSkills
classes. The management team attends each field testing and
are very satisfied with the apprentices' abilities."
Packages suited for specialty environments include:
Electrical Cable Installer, Electrical Meter Installer, High
Voltage Substation, Troubleman, Telecommunications Crew
Distribution Line Replacement has recently been updated with
best-practices video, a new narrator, and 3D illustrations!
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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| Package Price: $17,495 |
*Student Workbooks priced separately: $19.95 each
Two projects will bring low-cost renewable energy to American customers
The U.S. State Dept. has approved nearly $2 billion of high-voltage transmission lines that will bring low-cost Canadian renewable energy to the U.S. The department on Dec. 5 approved construction of the $1.2-billion New England Clean Power Link, between eastern Canada and Vermont, and last month green-lighted the $710-million Great Northern Transmission Line, between Manitoba and Minnnesota.
Twenty-three workers have been killed and 12 others injured in trench collapses from January thru November in 2016 – an alarming increase from the previous year. "There is no excuse,” said Dr. David Michaels, OSHA assistant secretary. "These fatalities are completely preventable by complying with OSHA standards that every construction contractor should know."
EEI and IBEW negotiated new compliance dates into OSHA’s timeline for enforcement of its updated standard. Among other areas, electric arc protection and FR clothing compliance dates have changed as outlined in EEI’s Exhibit C: 29 CFR 1910.269 and 29 CFR Part 1926, Subpart V–Enforcement dates:
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T&D PowerSkills, LLC
3504 Parliament Ct.
Alexandria, LA 71303
Office Phone: (866) 880-1380
Sales Manager: (985) 290-3554
Gaylor Electric, headquartered in Indiana with additional locations in Indiana as well as Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Florida, adds T&D PowerSkills Safety in Substations & Switchyards training to aid in their employee training. Gaylor Electric is governed by and committed to the electrical industry’s highest standards of professional integrity, performance, and cost effective services for the benefit of their clients.
T&D PowerSkills welcomes Central Iowa Power Cooperative to the family of users committed to the best lineworker training. CIPCO is a member-owned, non-profit with 13 rural electric cooperatives and associations, who have provided over 70 years of service to their member systems.
