Current Utility Services, LLC, located in Scotland, TX, selects T&D PowerSkills Learning Management System (LMS) to help support their lineworker apprenticeship training program. CUS performs electric utility maintenance and construction work in Texas and Oklahoma.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will launch on Aug. 1, 2017, the Injury Tracking Application (ITA). The Web-based form allows employers to electronically submit required injury and illness data from their completed 2016 OSHA Form 300A.

OSHA has finalized the Minimum Approach Distances for Transmission Voltages (MAD), effective July 1, 2017. A Summary Document from ISPC is provided by Jim Vaughn to mitigate the 6 hours of reviewing the previous memorandums to try and figure this latest Memorandum out. The attachment has both the memorandum in it’s entirety followed by an ISPC Summary that you can use to advise your clients confidently. 

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Brink's Constructors, Inc., a powerline entity of Quanta Services, selects T&D PowerSkills Instructor-led and digital courseware package to help support their lineworker apprenticeship program. Brink's provides specialized services in high voltage transmission, distribution, fiber optics, storm damage repair and substation construction.

Speaking at the G-20 Labor and Employment Ministers' Meeting today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta emphasized his support for fostering the growth of apprenticeships, a major priority for President Trump and the Department of Labor. The secretary's remarks reinforce the White House Office of American Innovation's commitment to increasing the number of quality apprenticeships, including expansion into high-growth, emerging sectors where apprenticeships have historically been rare.
Read the full speech HERE