The National Wireless Safety Alliance (NWSA) announced yesterday that Andy Haldane, Co-Founder & CEO at Tower Engineering Professionals, has been appointed as a new member of the organization’s Board of Directors. NWSA also announced that Don Doty, Director of Broadcast Services at Broadcast Construction Solutions, Jim Miller, Founder at EasTex Tower LLC, and Mark Ciarfella, EVP, Domestic Operations at SBA Communications Corporation have been appointed to serve as Executive Officers for the positions of President, Vice President, and Secretary/Treasurer, respectively. NWSA made the announcement on the first day of the 2022 Connect (X) Conference that is taking place this week in Denver.
NWSA, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a national non-profit assessment and certification organization established to provide thorough, independent assessments of knowledge and skills and provide verifiable, ANSI accredited trade certifications to enhance safety, reduce workplace risk, improve quality, encourage training, and recognize the skilled professionals who work on towers and other non-standard communication structures.
NWSA currently offers the following industry-wide trade certification programs: Telecommunications Tower Technician 1 (TTT-1), Telecommunications Tower Technician 2 (TTT-2), Telecommunications Tower Foreman and Antenna & Line Specialty Certification Program.
“NWSA is ecstatic to be able to add Andy to the talented Board of Directors leadership team that we have assembled,” stated Executive Director Duane MacEntee. “Additionally, NWSA is thrilled to have Don, Jim and Mark provide their leadership acumen in their roles as Executive Officers on the Board of Directors. All these appointed leaders possess unique talents, experience and subject matter expertise that will serve to continue helping our credentialing organization scale the number of NWSA certified trade workers in the United States,” added MacEntee.
NWSA also acknowledged the vital contributions of departing Board of Directors member Pat Cipov, President at Cipov Enterprises, Inc., whose term serving as a Director expired this year. Pat will remain engaged in the NWSA, however, as she is currently serving as the organization’s Practical Exam Program Administrator.
Industry workers, companies and stakeholders are encouraged to visit the NWSA website at www.nws-a.org to learn more about the organization and how to begin the process of obtaining certification.
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