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Lineworker Training and Apprenticeship Program “ Growing Your Own Operations Staff”. Michael J. Hyland, PE APPA – VP, Engineering Services. DISCLAIMER. Our program is a work in progress. We haven’t reached all our goals, but we’re getting there!. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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2008 National Conference, New Orleans
Lineworker Training and Apprenticeship Program
“Growing Your Own Operations Staff”
Michael J. Hyland, PEMichael J. Hyland, PE
APPA – VP, Engineering ServicesAPPA – VP, Engineering Services
2008 National Conference, New Orleans
Our program is a work in progress.We haven’t reached all our goals,
but we’re getting there!
DISCLAIMER
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2008 National Conference, New Orleans
LTAC Line-worker Training and Apprenticeship Committee
Line-worker Training and Apprenticeship Collaboration Line-worker Training and Apprenticeship Certification
Line-Worker Training Advisory Council
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H.R.6Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both
House and Senate)TITLE XI--PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
• SEC. 1101. WORKFORCE TRENDS AND TRAINEESHIP GRANTS.
• SEC. 1102. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS.
• SEC. 1103. TRAINING GUIDELINES FOR NONNUCLEAR ELECTRIC ENERGY INDUSTRY PERSONNEL
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• (a) In General- The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary and in conjunction with the electric industry and recognized employee representatives, shall develop model personnel training guidelines to support the reliability and safety of the nonnuclear electric system.
• (b) Requirements- • The training guidelines under subsection (a) shall, at a minimum--• (1) include training requirements for workers engaged in the construction,
operation, inspection, or maintenance of nonnuclear electric generation, transmission, or distribution systems, including requirements relating to--– (A) competency;– (B) certification; and– (C) assessment, including--
• (i) initial and continuous evaluation of workers;• (ii) recertification procedures; and• (iii) methods for examining or testing the qualification of an
individual who performs a covered task; and• (2) consolidate training guidelines in existence on the date on which the
guidelines under subsection (a) are developed relating to the construction, operation, maintenance, and inspection of nonnuclear electric generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, such as guidelines established by the National Electric Safety Code and other industry consensus standards.
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History
• January 2007– Meeting held in Orlando, FL
• Discussions revolved around– What is everyone doing?– State Association/ Joint Action Agency Role– Does APPA have a role?– Difficulty – needs – gaps – etc– Problems with existing DOL program
• My program or the highway attitude diminished at it led to a common ground…….
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LTAC
• Mike Hyland, Nathan Mitchell - APPA• Joel Trotter - Longmont• Dave Fabrizius, Pat Hyland - NEPPA• Jon Beasley – MEAG, EC of GA• Scott Windham, Mark Marsh – Santee Cooper• Marlin Bales - CSU• Doug Peters -TVPPA• Mike Conyers – MPUA• Mike Willetts – MMUA• Jesse Ross – Greenwood, MS• Paul Fender – Springfield, MO
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History - Continued
• February 2008– Meeting held in Charleston, SC
• Discussions revolved around– APPA commitment/possible role– Update on activity in other groups– Future possible set up of the LTAP/LTAC
» The How? The who? The when?
• Concentrate on Apprentice for now, then move on to line-worker continued training….
• Creation of a few informal task forces
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“Task Forces”
• Curriculum
• Testing
• Evaluation / Documentation
• OTJ
• Accreditation - process
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History - continued
• January 2009– Palm Springs, CA
• Moved away from concentration on curriculum
• Started to look at application, review process, make up of Review Committee, etc
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Moving Forward
• Slightly slower than expected.
• Need to pilot test – second half of 2009– Utility
• In house program
– Utility• Outsourced program
– Joint Action Agency/State Association – No more than five – at least three.
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Moving Forward - continued
• Late 2009 – early 2010– Flesh out pilots (good, bad, ugly)– Final by E&O in Omaha
• Register / trademark - LTAC (or other acronym)
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LTAP Review Process
Draft January 2009
Palm Springs, CA
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Day 1Pre Grading Based on Application Info
Day 2Interviews with
Applicant(Live, Conference
Call, Webinar)
Day 3Post ReviewRequests for Additional info
Draft / Final Grade
LTAP Review Meeting – APPA Offices – Washington DC
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Day 1 – Review of Application
• Washington DC – APPA Offices
• Break into 4 groups– General & Recordkeeping– Curriculum– OJT– Testing/ Evaluation
• Pre grade each section – and formulate grade or questions for Day 2
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Day 2 – Interview Day
• Larger members might fly in.
• Smaller entities might call in via phone
• One hour per Application - Maximum (?)
• Questions scored by each are graded on Day 1.
• Some info might still be requested from LTAC that requires follow up.
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Day 3 – Post Review
• Groups break out again and rescore the Application (1/2 day)
• Groups come back together and we review all scores
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LTAP ProcessApplicant
downloads the Application
APPA StaffReviews forAccuracyMissing
info
ApplicantSend in
Application By set yearly
Date
APPA staffSends confLetter and
Request forMissing info
APPA StaffEnters new Data rec’vd
from App
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
APPA send Letter request
Follow upinfo
APPA StaffRescores ApplicationBased onNew info
APPA PreparesAnd sendsOut final
Ballot / Grades
LTAC VotesAPPA sends
Letter to winners
Winners Presented
With Plaque
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Questions / discussion
• Review Draft Application– General Questions– Curriculum– On The Job Training– Testing / Evaluation– Record Keeping