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SUMMARY:Tactical Tuesday
DESCRIPTION:Tactical Tuesday webinars are held on the second Tuesday of each month from 2:00pm – 3:00pm\, virtually through Zoom. They are free to NEPPA members. Each month a different industry professional will present on a relevant public power topic\, with opportunties to ask questions. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Presenter:\nRobert Kabera\, President & CEO ofSheltera\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Topic:Enhancing Vegetation Management Efficiency: A Discussion – When Utilities and Tree Services Team Up for the Win with AI\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Description: This talk will discuss a collaborative effort between an electric utility provider and a tree service company\, which began in September 2024. Utilizing an advanced AI platform\, the partnership aimed to optimize vegetation management processes\, significantly diminishing the time and costs commonly associated with vegetation pruning. This panel outlines the challenges traditionally faced in vegetation management and demonstrates how advanced AI technologies can provide innovative solutions that enhance service reliability\, safety\, and operational efficiency. \nAbout Sheltera: Sheltera has assembled the best available technologies and methodologies into a cohesive platform that addresses every aspect of vegetation management by bundling all vegetation management workflows into one platform\, ensuring that utility companies can meet their operational goals seamlessly. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Register here
URL:https://neppa.org/event/tactical-tuesday-35/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Tactical Tuesday
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SUMMARY:General Manager / Leadership Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:General Manager / Leadership RoundtableWednesday\, July 23\, 2025 (8:30 AM – 1:00 PM) | NEPPA Training Center (200 New Estate Rd.\, Littleton MA 01460)\n \n \n \n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				NEPPA’s GM/Leadership Roundtable is an opportunity for small group discussion among public power leadership professionals. The facilitator will encourage and prompt exploration of the topic. Attendee participation is vital to the success of each roundtable. Participants should arrive ready to be actively engaged.   \n If you have a suggested topic you would like to discuss please email it to registrar@neppa.org.  \n \n  \n\n\n			\n				MORE EVENT INFORMATION\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Who Should Attend\nThis roundtable is designed for utility management personnel only. It is not restricted to those with a General Manager title but open to all those in leadership positions at their utility.   \n  \n\nManagers\nExecutives\nDirectors\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nRegistration Fees\nRegistration fees include coffee and lunch. If you have any dietary restrictions or considerations\, please make note them on your registration. \n  \nRegistration Fees for 2025 \n\n\n\nMembers: $ 50\n\n\n\nNon-Members: $ 75\n\n\n\n\n \n \nCancellations \n\n\n\n\nCancellations are accepted until two weeks prior to the event (July 9\, 2025).  Substitutions may be made up until the day before the event. \n\n\n			\n				Register HERE
URL:https://neppa.org/event/general-manager-leadership-roundtable-3/
LOCATION:NEPPA Training Center\, 200 New Estate Rd\, Littleton\, MA\, 01460\, United States
CATEGORIES:Roundtables
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T080000
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SUMMARY:Chainsaw Safety for Utility Operations
DESCRIPTION:In Partnership with:\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\nThis blended learning course is a combination of online self-paced learning in advance and hands-on skill training in-person on chainsaw safety for utility operations. The instructor led portion is one full-day session being held Thursday\, July 24th from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm at the NEPPA Training Center (200 New Estate Road\, Littleton MA 01460). \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				NEPPA is excited to partner with North American Training Solutions (NATS) to offer this brand new learning opportunity.  NATS is the only nationally recognized training organization utilizing OSHA Authorized Outreach trainers and performing hands-on training and hands-on competency evaluations which assess and empower workers to perform their job duties to the highest of their abilities. They work alongside utilities to provide safety education to those doing vegatation management in proximity to overhead and underground electric utility lines.  \nUtility arboriculture and vegetation management is the largest sector of the arboriculture industry and requires specialty skills to safely perform job tasks in proximity to electrical conductors and hardware. NATS have developed best in class safety curriculums\, practices and procedures purposefully designed for those working in proximity to electric utility infrastructure and to ensure safe and reliable power delivery. \n			\n				MORE COURSE INFORMATION\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Who Should Attend\nThis program is designed for Electric Lineworkers and Operations Personnel who may we required to do tree work in daily operations or mutual aid deployments.  There are no prerequistes for this course and it is open to new hires as well as those who have recieved previous training and need a refresher on applicable knowledge or skills in identified areas. \n  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Course Overview\nThis is a two-part course with knowledge-based online learning in addition to hands-on skills training at the NEPPA training facility.  \n \n  \nPart One: Knowledge-based Online Individual Learning \nOnce enrolled\, participants will have 30 days to complete the NATS K-40 Portable Chainsaw General Safety Requirements Class. This self-paced training course is online\, which means learners can take the course when their schedule allows. This course is designed to educate workers who use a chainsaw about general safety requirements\, proper risk assessment\, PPE use\, and chainsaw safety features. The course also covers an introduction to maintenance\, use\, and handling. Participants will gain an understanding of chainsaw reactive forces and hazards associated with cutting & felling trees and cutting wood or brush. They will learn planning strategies including saw transport\, starting\, cross cutting/bucking and limbing\, understanding compression and tension\, and dealing with spring poles as well as basic saw maintenance. These strategies will be demonstrated through video in a safe\, online learning environment. \n  \nPart Two: Skill-based Hands-on Learning \nThis instructor-led course will be held at NEPPA training facility at 200 New Estate Rd. Littleton\, MA. NATS S-160 Portable Chainsaw Utility Applications course provides an introduction to the function\, maintenance and use of portable chainsaws\, and their technical application for utility infrastructure. The course meets the challenges utility workers face when a chainsaw is used for pole\, cross arm\, and tree removal operations located in proximity to utilities and targets such as roads\, buildings\, and related infrastructure where specialized technical skills and equipment are required to cut material into designated drop zones. Specialty cutting techniques and equipment will be explained\, demonstrated by instructors as well as available for participants to practice skills in a hands-on setting. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Registration\nTo register\, please click the button below. Upon completion of the Program\, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion. Registration fees include coffee and lunch. If you have any dietary restrictions or considerations\, please make note on your registration. \nProper PPE Required. See more course details for list of requirements.  \n  \n2025 Registration fees are as follows: \nNEPPA Members: $495Non-Members: $595 \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Cancellation Policy\nCancellations are accepted until two weeks prior to the start of the class. Substitutions may be made at any time prior to the start of the class. \n			\n				Register Now
URL:https://neppa.org/event/chainsaw-safety-for-utility-operations/
LOCATION:NEPPA Training Center\, 200 New Estate Rd\, Littleton\, MA\, 01460\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chainsaw Safety
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SUMMARY:Apprentice Lineworker Program - Year 1\, Group A (Session 3)
DESCRIPTION:NEPPA offers a four-year curriculum of the Northwest Lineman College’s Lineworker Certification Program and combines hands-on and formal classroom training. Students attend class four times a year for four days each to complete the four-year program. \n  \nIn addition to classroom time\, students are expected to: \nSelf-study by reading the material \nTrack\, record\, and submit monthly apprenticeship reports of on-the-job training \nTrack\, record and submit quarterly “competency” forms \nEach year\, students participate in an additional two-day Skills Assessment Rodeo each year. The Apprentice Rodeo is designed to showcase the apprentices’ developing technical and climbing skills\, and to reinforce the program’s focus on professionalism\, safety\, and proper technique. \n  \nAttendance Policy \nStudents are required to attend all 16-days of the in-class program as well as the two-day Skills Assessment Rodeo. Any student unable to attend their regularly scheduled class or the Skills Assessment Rodeo is required to make-up the time\, training\, and competencies covered during those class days. To progress into the next year or to complete the Program\, all students must complete the full program requirements. \n  \n			\n				CLICK HERE FOR MORE PROGRAM INFORMATION
URL:https://neppa.org/event/apprentice-lineworker-program-year-1-group-a-session-3/
LOCATION:NEPPA Training Center\, 200 New Estate Rd\, Littleton\, MA\, 01460\, United States
CATEGORIES:Apprentice Lineworker Program
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