NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association has officially opened registration for the first nine Electrical Safety Awareness for Telecom Workers Training sessions that will be facilitated by the association in 2023. Overall, 12 Electrical Safety Awareness for Telecom Workers Courses will be hosted nationwide in 2023 to industry employees and employers due to a Susan Harwood Training Grant (SH-39154-SH2) from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
The new curriculum is tailored specifically to the communications infrastructure industry and includes detailed instruction on electrical safety awareness that telecom workers need to know such as overhead transmission and distribution, equipment, basic electrical theory, lock-out/tag-out procedures and standards, installation of electrical telecom equipment, underground power, grounding and bonding, induced current, PPE, batteries and necessary safety, tower lighting and capacitors, and job hazard analysis documentation specific to telecom electrical awareness. For more info visit here.
Upcoming course details include:
- Friday, February 3, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CST, Madison, WI
- Monday, February 20, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EST, Orlando, FL
- Monday, March 13, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT, Concord, NH
- Monday, March 27, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. MDT, Missoula, MT
- Friday, April 14, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT, Wilmington, DE
- Tuesday, April 25, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. MDT, Las Vegas, NV
- Monday, May 15, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CDT, Overland Park, KS
- Monday, May 22 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ADT, Honolulu, HI
- Friday, June 16, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CDT, Gulfport, MS
- July, TBD, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CDT, Plano, TX
- Friday, August 18, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT, Syracuse NY
- September, TBD, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. MDT, Albuquerque, NM
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