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APPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING

A & T UPD A TE
A&T UPDATE

New Initiatives, Course Offerings
New I ni ti a tiv es, Cour se O f f erin gs

BY CHRISSY L. SKUDERA

Task Force to Address driving or during lunch break, so why are administered via the IEC National
Content Management System (CMS)
Audio Books not knock out the reading in that time? and are intended to prepare students
These audiobooks will transform the
method of how our students master and for their first day on a jobsite.
A new task force is assessing the retain the IEC National curriculum.”
time and resources required to create Modules address the following topics:
audio versions of books used within Task force members include Kathy Gurba, • Jobsite orientation
the Four-Year curriculum. Led by A&T IEC Southern Colorado; David Holloway, • Tool safety
Committee contractor member Cesar ATP; Robert Lowry, IEC–OKC; and Patrick
Ramirez, the task force is exploring Merkel, IEC National. A&T Committee • Hand and power tool identification
options and strategies necessary to bring Chairman George Thess oversees. and use
audiobooks from a concept into actuality. • Measuring tools
For more information, contact IEC • Material identification (fittings, boxes,
The task force was created Director of Curriculum Development and fasteners)
to provide a solution to a big Chrissy Skudera at cskudera@ieci.org. • Safety (PPE, electrical, ladder, lift, and fall)
challenge: students not reading.
• Wire prep
“As a previous instructor of my local New Products Available • Device identification and installation
chapter, I noticed that well over 50 • Introduction to conduit bending
percent of our students were not reading NEW WORKER MODULES and installation
the curriculum weekly,” said Ramirez.
“Every student has dead time while IEC’s New Worker modules are now Chapters may purchase modules in pre-
available for purchase. These modules determined bundles or as a complete

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