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vNTI 2020 is fast approaching and you want to be sure to be left in.  There is much to offer to all those supporting the IBEW-NECA industry and training.  There are Committee, Technical and Instructor Professional Education training sessions available throughout the week [July 27th -July 31st].  There are just too many highlights to list them all, but here are a few for each group.  For a full list check out the event booklet here. https://bit.ly/vNTI_2020_InfoBooklet

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Just a Handful of the Highlights:

The Committee Sessions:

• State of the Apprenticeship with Executive Director Todd Stafford
• The Apprentice Startup Challenge with ELECTRI
• An Update with NECA and IBEW with NECA CEO David Long and IBEW International President Lonnie Stephenson
• Safety Update including OSHA and ET&D with Palmer Hickman and Wes Wheeler
• Many Legal Sessions covering topics like Substance Abuse Policy and EEOC Guidance on  COVID-19 Testing; ERISA and Potential Relief during COVID-19; Standards & EEO Policy Changes
• A Roundtable with Milwaukee
• And so much more

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The Technical Sessions:

• Updates to the NEC^® and associated training content
• Clarifications and communications on worker safety and the NFPA 70E^®
• Explanations from the authors on Grounding and Bonding and Code Calculations
• Fundamental aspects of the LMS and curriculum planning tools like the CLCS

As well as interactive sessions planned regarding:

• Conduit Level II Labs and Calculations in support of AC Theory Trig
• The PLR and Instrumentation Desktop Trainers
• Transformer Simulation use for the Inside and the Outside Simulator
• The new Motor Control Simulator on what it is and how to use it
• The Electrical Theory Simulator for use in training on AC and DC Theory

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Instructor Professional Education Sessions:

The virtual NTI professional education and experience for the I Group (or Instructor Program) have single day sessions created for Instructors.

• Monday is First Year,
• Tuesday is Second Year
• Wednesday is Third Year
• Thursday is Fourth Year and Advanced Studies
• Thursday is also for the Pre-I Group

Participants will enjoy interactive sessions with the Lead Instructors from each year focusing on:

• Reconnecting with professional education topics and with peers
• Reflecting on how previous skills have been successful or not
• Reconsidering practices from both the Professional Educators and peer attendees
• Reinvigoration for success on the next school year – no matter the challenges.

 

Please note that instructors will attend for the year they last completed; if you were in First Year in 2019 (or an earlier year), you should register for First Year in the vNTI 2020.  If you are a new instructor or new to NTI, there will be a Pre-I Group session on Thursday.  The Pre-I Group will meet with several Professional Educators who will offer them a tour of what NTI offers as well as providing insights into upcoming changes in the way apprenticeship training will be conducted.

 All I Group participants will have the option to register to attend Technical sessions on the other days.

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Yep…There’s More! Because you attend you will also receive…

Some time-slots for each day have multiple sessions running concurrently.  To avoid concern of picking one thing and missing out on another.  All sessions will be recorded and reposted to the days event packaged course.  This means those who register will have access to everything presented that day.

Registration is just a click away.  To register access  https://electricaltrainingevents.org

• If you do not remember your log-in information, simply go the site and click Sign In located in the top right corner. After that, select the Forgot Password link and enter your email address. An email will be sent to you with a link to reset your password.
• For even more information visit our NTI website at http://nti.electricaltrainingevents.org

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Can’t wait to see you at the vNTI!

 

Thanks for Reading!

After the popular question about how JATCs could determine if their students had watched the #TPTuesday Remote Learning Session webinars, the electrical training ALLIANCE recently completed the addition of both a quiz and a completion certificate to accompany each webinar.

Now you can simply have your students:

1. View the webinar either live or later in the Training Partner Symposium course
2. Take the quiz (gaining at least a 70% grade)
3. Print/Download their own completion certificate as proof of completion.

Some have also asked for the ability to show licensing agencies the completion of the “course” in hopes of having the class count for continuing education credits (hours). For this reason, you will notice in the bottom right hand corner of the certificate is a code that is unique to each certificate. This is intended to help the licensing agencies feel more comfortable that the certificate was not in any way altered from the original and is specific to an individual.

Next Up?

Here is our list of scheduled webinars (at this point in time):

• MAY 5 Klein

• May 12 IDEAL

• May 19 3M

• May 26 ABB

• Jun 2 Southwire

• June 9 Fluke

 

The inaugural presentation from Greenlee was a success by all accounts! But we certainly understand that some may not have been able to see this event live but have no fear it is available to anyone that wants to access it in the Training Partner Symposium course. (More information about the Symposium is available here.) Each week, the recording of the Remote Learning Session will be posted to the appropriate “lesson” in the TP Symposium Course. To find this course, click here.

 

 

We now move along to the next presenter in the #TPTuesday Remote Learning Sessions, Lutron.

For background information about the Remote Learning Session series click here.

Title: Meeting Energy Codes with Wireless Lighting Controls

Time: Tuesday April 21st @ 6 PM Eastern Time
Learning Objectives:

Students will learn the lighting control requirements of today’s major energy codes, an overview of a basic wireless lighting control system and how to design those components to meet energy code requirements.

Speaker: Micah Martin

Background:

Micah Martin has 10 years of field service experience, 5 of which are with Lutron. He has been working for Lutron for 8 years now, and for the past 3 years has been devoted to launching Lutron’s newest commercial wireless control system. The system is called Vive, and the simplicity of design and easy to use software has empowered Electrical Contractors to evolve from install-only contractors, to one-stop-shop installer, programmer, service providers. Micah has visited over 50 JATC’s on the East Coast and has provided dozens of classes on Vive to apprentices and Journeyman alike on how take advantage of this new technology to take better care of their customer’s needs, keep more labor local, and increase their per-installation profit margins..

Registration Information:

To register, please click here.

Webinar ID:

947-930-363

 

Please also join us on April 28th for a presentation from Milwaukee tool. You can register for this one here.

We are grateful to our training partners for their willingness to step in and assist. And, we are continually inspired by you and want to support you during this difficult time.