Cooperatives, lineworkers honored at NDAREC safety conference
The North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (NDAREC) Apprenticeship, Training & Safety (AT&S) department hosted its 48th annual REC AT&S Conference, January 11-13 in Bismarck. About 300 representatives of NDAREC member cooperatives and the electric industry took part in classroom sessions, equipment evaluations and awards ceremonies during the conference. The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship, is a cooperating participant in the annual conference.
At the conference awards banquet, the following honors were presented: *Outstanding Apprentice Award – Colt Rangen, journeyman lineman, McKenzie Electric Cooperative. This award is presented to the lineworker who has completed the apprenticeship program with the highest grades on examinations combined with favorable on-the-job evaluations.
*Certificate of Safety Achievement – Cass County Electric Cooperative; McLean Electric Cooperative, Minnkota Power Cooperative; Slope Electric Cooperative, Verendrye Electric Cooperative. This certificate reflects each cooperative’s successful participation in the national Rural Electric Safety Achievement Program, recognizing high achievement in maintaining safe workplaces and procedures.
*Safety Award – Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative; Capital Electric Cooperative; Cavalier Rural Electric Cooperative; Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative; Great River Energy, McKenzie Electric Cooperative; Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Cooperative; Roughrider Electric Cooperative; Slope Electric Cooperative; Verendrye Electric Cooperative; NDAREC. This award is presented to organizations that were free of OSHA recordable injuries from December, 2010 through November, 2011.
*Lifesaver Award – conferred to two Verendrye Electric Cooperative employees – Jim Hagen, journeyman lineman and Justin Bullinger, apprentice lineworker – for heroism in rescuing a young lady from an automobile accident in March, 2011.
*Graduating Lineworker Apprentices – Kyle Binstock, Slope Electric Cooperative; Devin Dorval, Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative; Dusty Fladeland, Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative; Zach Maershbecker, Roughrider Electric Cooperative; Matthew Preszler, 3 C Construction; and Colt Rangen, McKenzie Electric Cooperative.
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