To provide relevant and updated lineman training solutions
that focus on the best work practices in the electric
utility industry.
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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!
Cleveland Community College, selects T&D PowerSkills Instructor-led courses to support their Electric Systems Technology program. Cleveland CC plans to offer this training as an entry-level electrical lineman program and is targeting about 300 hours of classroom and hands-on instruction.
Butler Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., located in El Dorado, KS, selects T&D PowerSkills Learning Management System (LMS) to support their lineworker training program. Butler REC supplies electric power to 7,000 meters through 1,850 miles of transmission and distribution lines and owns 13 substations in the Butler, Chase, Cowley, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion and Sedgwick counties located in the Kansas state area.
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.
DOL Announces A Final Rule Updating its Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship Regulations
On April 11, 2014, OSHA promulgated a final rule revising the general industry and construction standards for work on electric power generation, transmission and distribution installations. On February 13, 2015, OSHA entered into a settlement agreement with the Edison Electric Institute, the Utility Line Clearance Coalition, and the Tree Care Industry Association resolving legal challenges to that final rule.
