2009  Highlights

Last year was a busy year for your Association.  Here are some of the highlights:

·        ISPC participated in 6 Industry conferences, including:

1.     NRECA Annual Conference – New Orleans, LAA

2.     APPA E&O Conference – Austin, TX

3.     SWESE Conference – Oklahoma City, OK

4.     MEA EOC Electrical Ops. Conf. – Springfield, IL

5.     CARILEC Engineer’s Conf. – Aruba, Caribbean

6.     ICUEE / IP Conference and Tradeshow – Louisville, KY

·        Major Website additions, including:

1.     Product site addition Digger Operator’s Manual

2.     2 new ‘Safety Meeting’ powerpoint presentations, free to members

3.     2 new ‘Safety Forms’ for use in the field, free to members

·        T&D PowerSkills Lineman Training Material updates progress throughout 2009, using ISPC SME’s.  Addition to the T&D PowerSkills course offering of Material Handling Bucket Trucks

·        ISPC selected by several Technical Colleges in 2009 to assist with developing program material for their Lineman Training curricula:

1.     Moraine Park Technical College – Fond du Lac, WI

2.     Chippewa Valley Technical College – Eau Claire, WI

3.     Marion Technical College – Marion, OH

4.     Blackhawk Technical College – Janesville, WI 

5.     Minnesota West Com. & Technical College – Jackson, MN

6.     Gateway Community & Technical College – Florence, KY

7.     Central Alabama Community College – Taladega, AL

8.     Calhoun Community College – Decatur, AL

9.     Dakota County Area Technical Institute – Rosemount, MN

10.            Forsyth Tech Community College – Winston-Salem, NC

·        ISPC facilitating efforts in 2009:  “Lineman Qualifications & Training Standards”:

1.        3/12/08 – Presentation to health and safety professionals at the CARILEC conference in St. Thomas, USVI

2.        7/27/08 – Presentation to Engineering professionals at the CARILEC Engineer’s conference in Aruba, Caribbean

3.        10/5/08 – Moderated discussion at the Incident Prevention Conference in Louisville, KY

4.        October – Accepted appointment to Development Committee for new CUSP Utility Safety Certification Program

·        ISPC Consulting Projects in 2009 included:

1.    Contractor Safety Audits (3) for a major transmission system owner

          in the Midwest

2.    Transmission hot-stick training for contractor in Texas

·        ISPC added 13 new members throughout 2009.

          Submitted: December 15, 2009

          Ronald J. Schenk, Executive Director

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