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Illinois. During this meeting, the committee
reviewed its accomplishments of the year
and set future goals.

“For years we’ve worked off a blueprint
that we created at a summer meeting at
IEC of Utah. Using this template keeps
us focused and working efficiently,” said
A&T Committee Chairman George Thess. Top left: IEC Atlanta’s Wire-Off and Tradeshow was held May 7 at Cobb Civic Center in
“I’m looking forward to working with the Marietta, Georgia. Top right: Recent IEC of Greater Cincinnati graduate Andrew Monson
committee on the goals we’ve set for 2020.” earned his CPE credential.

Meeting at IDEAL Industries’ headquarters
gave the committee an opportunity to tour held, with the two most recent at IEC Atlanta Training Director Todd Hawkins.
its manufacturing plant. The tour lasted Atlanta and IEC of Greater Cincinnati. “I am especially thrilled by the recognition
90 minutes and introduced attendees to of excellence this credential brings in
various manufacturing processes within Apprentices carrying the CPE credential recognizing the skills and performance of
the plant including those for IDEAL’s separate themselves among their the Certified Professional Electrician to
wire termination products (twist-on and peers. They demonstrate another level IEC member contractors, apprenticeship
push-on wire connectors), fish tapes, wire of knowledge and problem-solving graduates, and all IEC chapters.”
strippers, and packaging operations. skills, making them elite electricians
within the IEC community. “The CPE is an extremely thorough exam.
“IDEAL Industries values its long-standing It not only tests a person’s knowledge
partnership with the IEC, its contractors, and CONGRATULATIONS TO IEC’S of the material that they have covered
its training centers. We consider it a privilege 2019 CPE RECIPIENTS! over all four years, but it also shows
to host the summer AT&T meeting and Andrew Monson, King’s Electric if they are able to do the day-to-day
appreciate the opportunity to collaborate Services, IEC of Greater Cincinnati tasks that are required to do your job,”
with the IEC and its members,” said IDEAL said IEC of Greater Cincinnati Training
Industries Area Training Manager–Western Burghelea Sterian, Ask-Kay Electrical Director Kevin Collins. “You can’t just be
Region Ned Johns. “It’s a pleasure to host Contractors, IEC Atlanta book smart or mechanically proficient.
this meeting at our newest manufacturing Christopher Sanning, Vinson McDonald, You have to be both. It is a very good
center in Sycamore, Illinois, and give a IEC Atlanta measure of being a complete electrician.”
tour to the IEC. I desire to learn where and Linh Truong, Walker Engineering,
how IDEAL Industries can support and IEC Dallas The final CPE exam of 2019 will take
help the IEC in creating some of the best place during the IEC Convention & Expo
electrician training programs in the U.S.” Matias Recoba, Spec Group LLC, in St. Louis. For testing information,
IEC Atlanta contact VP of Education and Training
Paul Dolenc at pdolenc@ieci.org.
MEET IEC’S 2019 CERTIFIED “I am proud of all the IEC Atlanta Chapter
PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICIANS students and the instructor/graduate that
stepped up to take the Certified Professional Chrissy is the director of curriculum
Since May, four Certified Professional Electricians credential exam,” said IEC development for IEC National.
Electrician (CPE) exams have been

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