Featured Podcast: Using a Learning Management System to Augment Lineworker Training
We are proud of our Vice President/General Manager, Kenneth Pardue for being featured on the most recent Incident Prevention podcast, also sponsored by T&D PowerSkills. This episode goes into Kenneth's article in the August/September iP magazine, entitled Using a Learning Management System to Augment Lineworker Training. He explains all things LMS and how they can be used to aid in training every level of lineworker. Read the full article here, and listen to the podcast today!
City and County of San Francisco
The City and County of San Francisco has added the T&D PowerSkills Telecommunications specialty package to their training program. This nine-unit package will help them expertly train their employees for years to come! Welcome, and great choice!
Northland Power
We are happy to welcome a new Canadian customer to T&D PowerSkills: an investor-owned utility, Northland Power, specifically the Thorold Cogeneration Station in Ontario. They've opted to use some of our Substations units to aid in their training. We are proud to continue moving into more and more of Canada!
Williams Electric Company
Welcome to Williams Electric Company - our newest LMS user. Williams Electric is a licensed contractor offering overhead and underground T&D, substation services, fiber optics, and storm restoration throughout the southeastern United States. We look forward to a long partnership with them!
Using an LMS to Augment Lineworker Training
T&D PowerSkills Vice President and General Manager, Kenneth Pardue has an article in the August/September 2022 issue of Incident Prevention magazine entitled "Using an LMS to Augment Lineworker Training." Check it out on page 24! View the entire issue here.
Pole Line Contractors
Pole Line Contractors out of Nevada is the newest contractor to join the T&D PowerSkills family! Licensed in Nevada, Idaho, and Utah, Pole Line's services include distribution power lines, transmission power lines, substations, underground trenching and fiber optics. They specialize in maintenance and troubleshooting and also have on-call, emergency services available. An impressive company who made a wise choice to invest in training using T&D PowerSkills online LMS!
A Shoutout to Pratt Community College
Workbooks printed. Dragons slain. Lineworkers trained. Production Admin Alecia is on a "throne" of 31 boxes of student workbooks headed to Pratt Community College's Electrical Power Technology program. Thanks for your commitment to training the next generation of lineworkers!
Altitude Energy
Thank you to the team at Altitude Energy, LLC for joining the T&D PowerSkills family of users! The Colorado contractor has opted into our most versatile delivery option - our hybrid model - combining our traditional, instructor-led model and our online LMS. Congratulations on making a great decision! We look forward to a long partnership, and helping train the next generation of lineworkers!
Alpena Power Company
It's great to welcome Alpena Power Company in Michigan to the T&D PowerSkills user family! They've opted to use our online LMS to train their lineworkers. Alpena Power has been supplying electrical power for over 140 years and serves over 16,000 customers over a 250 square mile area. Welcome to the team!
Wytheville Community College
We are pleased to welcome Wytheville Community College in Virginia as the newest college to join our family of users. They plan to expand their lineworker curriculum with our 78-unit training program. They received an educational grant from the Institute for Safety in Powerline Construction to use our materials. Congrats, WCC, and thank you, ISPC!
City of Aztec, NM
We are pleased to welcome the City of Aztec, New Mexico to the T&D PowerSkills family! They've opted to use our new Learning Management System to train their lineworkers! Great choice!
RES Americas
We are excited to welcome RES Americas to our family of T&D PowerSkills users! They'll be using our SCORM courses in their apprenticeship program to train the next generation of lineworkers. We are privileged to partner with them, and we are looking forward to a long relationship!
Transformer Connections Poster
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.
Lineman Appreciation Day 2022
Today is Lineman Appreciation Day! We are grateful today and every day for the men and women who work so hard to keep the lights on. We are thankful to be part of such an incredible industry!
DTE Energy
We are proud to have added a new investor-owned utility, DTE Energy of Michigan, to the family of T&D PowerSkills users! They have elected to stream a custom group of our videos to aid in training their lineworkers. We look forward to working with them for years to come!
Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative
We are excited to welcome another cooperative to the family of T&D PowerSkills users. Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative (TVEC) in North Texas has tailored our unit offerings to fit their needs - selecting 30 training units to help them train and refresh their lineworkers. TVEC is a growing cooperative, serving over 50,000 members and 8,000 miles of lines! We look forward to a long relationship with them!
CUSP at Conference 2022
Don't forget that CUSP points can be earned at every session and seminar at the 2nd Annual Trainers Conference and Tradeshow in March! See y'all there!
Primoris Services
Primoris takes their lineman training completely digital with an upgrade this month to the T&D PowerSkills online LMS training model! Congrats on choosing the most versatile and comprehensive training on the market!
National Apprenticeship Week
National Apprenticeship Week LogoHelp us celebrate National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2021 with this FREE webinar from T&D PowerSkills! Our Director of Sales, Jerry Havens, will review the unique opportunities of how making training flexible and accessible for lineworkers can set them up for success, no matter where they are in their electric utility career. Join us next week, Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 10:30AM CST! REGISTER HERE!
Jackson EMC Train-the-Trainer
We joined ISPC this week in conducting Train-the-Trainer sessions for the team at Jackson EMC in Gainesville, Georgia. Our Director of Sales, Jerry Havens, discussed how our LMS can improve learning for their employees. Also shown here is ISPC Executive Director, Mack Turner, teaching valuable skills to trainers at Jackson EMC. We are grateful for our partnership with ISPC, and we are so proud to welcome Jackson EMC to the T&D PowerSkills family of users!