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Federated Insurance and NRECA have been working together with Pike Electric and the RESAP Area Administrators to bring virtual reality to cooperatives across the nation.

The ST&LP department’s proposed training topics for 2024 have been approved by the Safety Curriculum Subcommittee and the ST&LP committee and can be downloaded by

The ST&LP department recently brought in Phil Kelley of Rowen Tree Services in Seattle, WA to conduct training in »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ.

The Entry-Level Driver Training program is running strong and smooth with 10 of »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ’s distribution cooperatives now actively participating.

Adams REC has joined the RESAP program which means we now have 100% participation in »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ and WV! Their first onsite observation will be scheduled for 2024.

Phase 2 of the Commitment to Zero Contacts sessions continued in 2023 with nine sessions which were facilitated in conjunction with RESAP.

»Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ volunteered to work with NRECA International on a project in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to conduct training for technicians of mini-grid systems who have been asked to work with primary voltage s

For the first time, all 24 »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ cooperatives have an apprentice enrolled in the COLT program.

Our ST&LP instructors are currently on the road with the 4th quarter safety meetings. For this quarter, Jason Woods is focusing on UTV’s, skid steers, trenchers, and mini excavators.

I recently attended a RESAP Area Administrators meeting in Louisville, KY when Bud Branham, Director of Safety Programs at NRECA began the meeting with a statement something like this: