Northwest Lineman College (NWLC) publishes a series of free videos aimed at educating the line trade. In the video below, you can learn how to properly wear a harness. According to NWLC, working in elevated positions is only as safe as your...
To be honest, I’ve been in the power media business since 1996 and I had never heard of the Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) event either, which is a shame. For background, this is the 10th year for the conference produced by IEEE...
Due to the impending retirement of skilled power industry workers nationwide, utilities are investing in the workforce of tomorrow. For example, Exelon is backing Governor Larry Hogan's proposal to boost the number of schools in the Pathways...
In the last year, wildfires have caused widespread outages and inflicted damage to electric utility infrastructure. To learn strategies on fire containment, register for IEEE PES ESMO 2019, which will include a special panel...
Michigan’s energy industry comprises nearly 100,000 jobs with demand projected to increase by nine percent through 2024, according to Pure Michigan Talent Connect. Also, with nearly 50 percent of the energy workforce becoming eligible for...
The DiSTI Corporation, a provider of 3D virtual training solutions and developer of VE Studio, has signed an agreement with Technical Training Professionals (TTP), to develop interactive 3D and virtual reality training courses for the utility...
2019 is here, which means the ESMO conference is only about six months away. Mark your calendar's for IEEE's 14th annual conference on transmission and distribution construction, operation and live line maintenance, which will take place from June...
Electrical work has always been considered hazardous, and in fact, it is listed in the top 10 of the most dangerous occupations. Someone once put it in a different perspective for me when he said, “We do not work in a dangerous environment...
