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APPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING

A&T COMMITTEE
MEMBERSHIP CHANGES

The Apprenticeship & Training (A&T)
Committee welcomed several new
members in January. Three members
cycled off the committee: Joe Chandler
of IEC Dallas, Brian Haines of Pyramid
Electric, and Dale Weis of Encore Electric.
Their replacements are Kathy Gurba of
IEC Southern Colorado, Jake Jackson
of IEC Rocky Mountain, and Cesar
Ramirez of Precision Power Solutions.
Two new affiliate members are Robert
Lowry of IEC Oklahoma City and Rob
Jacobs of IEC Florida West Coast.
The New Worker Task Force is feeling the holiday spirit at IEC Dallas.
“The A&T Committee is made up of
many dedicated people and it is hard Not pictured: Ken Adams and Kathy Gurba
to lose three of them, but the IEC is
made of many talented members,” said
A&T Chairman George Thess. “While we Management System (CMS). Contest • Material Identification: Boxes,
thank those leaving for their service, for Content is a program intended to Fittings, and Fasteners
we welcome the new members who strengthen dozens of objectives identified • Safety: PPE, Electrical, Ladder,
have made the commitment to serve.” by the Curriculum Development Group. First Aid, and Life Safety
Support of this program comes from The • Conduit Bending and Installation
Home Depot Pro Xtra Program and the
CMS TASK FORCE TACKLES IEC Foundation. Submissions are being • Wire Prep, Identification, and Installation
CHANGE REQUESTS AND accepted from February 1–April 15 via the • Devices Identification and Installation
CONTENT SUBMISSIONS IEC website. For submission guidelines, The modules range from two to three
visit www.ieci.org.
A task force has been developed to hours in length and are heavily focused
address CMS change requests and on interactive learning. Most lessons
content submissions. The task force is NEW WORKER PROGRAM include a short lecture accompanied by a
open to all IEC chapters utilizing the IEC PowerPoint presentation, and group and
online learning system, as these users The New Worker Task Force met hands-on activities. Students receive a
have the best understanding of how December 12–14 at IEC Dallas to finalize completion certificate for each module.
the CMS works and how it should be its new module-based program, which will
updated. The task force meets monthly. be available to chapters in early 2019. The task force includes Ken Adams, IEC
of Utah; Mike Gray, Beehive Electric;
To join, contact Chrissy Skudera, The New Worker program consists of Kathy Gurba, IEC Southern Colorado; Sara
Director of Curriculum Development, 17 modules and is intended to prepare Navarro, Sun City Electric; Frank Nerio,
at cskudera@ieci.org. a student for his or her first day on CenTex IEC; Cesar Ramirez, Precision
the jobsite. It is a precursor – not Power Solutions; John Sayne, Denier
To submit change requests or content a requirement – to IEC’s four-year Electric; and George Thess, A&T Chairman.
for consideration, visit the following apprentice program.
web address: www.ieci.org/en_us/ In the future, the task force intends to
training-cms-lms. Please note that Each module can be taught independently expand its offerings to cover additional
submissions must come from a chapter from the other, meaning they can topics. Suggestions from chapter
Executive Director or Training Director. be taught in order of preference or staff and contractor members are
priority. Topics covered include: welcomed. Contact Chrissy Skudera,
• Career Paths
CONTEST FOR CONTENT • Jobsite Orientation Director of Curriculum Development,
at cskudera@ieci.org with your ideas.
A new initiative was introduced during • Hand and Power Tool Use
January’s Business Summit in an effort and Identification Chrissy is the director of curriculum
to further populate IEC’s online Content development for IEC National.

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